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Harry S. Truman was sworn in as President of the United
States in April, 1945, upon the death of President Franklin D.
Roosevelt.

At the time the Allied armies w^ere fast bringing the war in
Europe to a close. Mr. Truman took the lead from President
Roosevelt and continued to pull us through to victory.

The war in Europe ended and the offensive turned against
the Japanese. It then became the duty of President Truman to
decide whether or not to use the atomic bomb. He deemed
the use necessary and the Japanese surrendered. Victory was
ours after nearly four years of struggle and hardship.

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James Forrestal resigned as Secretary of the Navy in October,
1947, after a long and successful term of office, to become the
first Secretary of National Defense. He was succeeded by
John L. Sullivan, previously Assistant Secretary of the Navy.

The Department of National Defense was formed as a
cabinet post to supplant the Navy Department and the War
Department. It has full control over the Navy, Army, and the
newly established Air Force, and is the coordinator of these
three branches of service.

Secretary Forrestal as head of the Department of National
Defense is the principal assistant to the President on National
Security matters, and head of the National Military Estab-
lishment.

Under the direction of the President he establishes general
policies and programs for national military establishments; takes
steps to eliminate unnecessary duplication in fields of procure-
ment, supply, transportation, storage, health and research;
exercises general direction, authority and control over the
National Military Establishment. The Secretary supervises and
coordinates preparation of budget estimates, formulates and
determines budget estimates, and supervises the budget pro-
grams of the aforementioned departments. Another of his duties
as Secretary of National Defense is chairman of the War
Council. This council is composed of the Secretaries of
National Defense, of the Army, of the Navy, and of the Air
Force, the Chief of Staff of the Army, Chief of Naval Opera-
tions, and the Chief of Staff of the U.S. Air Force.

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of your trip through the Naval Academy is comprehensive . . .
complete in every detail. It is a tour that is especially conducted for you and will take you into the very lives of the Brigade
of Midshipmen. You will start at the Main Gate . . . we hope that you will be met there by the Midshipman of your
choice. He will then conduct you by the center of Naval Academy life . . . the Administration building and Chapel.
From there your guide will take you past the Superintendent's home to Ward and Dahlgren Hall. There you will attend an
ordnance drill ... a hop ... a concert ... a basketball game. Behind Ward Hall is Thompson Stadium . . . this
will cause your guide to reminisce over the past football season . . . and the stripers that started the year. From there
you will go to Bancroft Hall . . . into the heart of the Middle's personal life. Luce and MacDonough Hall will give you a
look at varied athletic and academic activities. After a short walk along the sea wall your host will talk back over three
years of cruises and then will take you across the Severn to view the aviation facilities. Back into the main yard by way
of Hospital Point will give you a look at another center of athletic activity. By Dorsey Creek you will see Worden Field
and across its expanse looms the grey buildings of the Academic Group. After your tour is completed you will be back

Gate 4

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in the general vicinity of the Chapel. From there we will start our June Week festivities . . . Sob Sunday ... No More
Rivers ... a baseball game . . . more hops and parades . . . and last of all, graduation. Starting on page 193 is the
section devoted to the Class . . . the graduating class . . . their officers . . . their history . . . their faces and fames.
Following them is the Brigade . : . a picture of twenty-eight hundred Midshipmen divided into twenty-four companies.
On page 400 is a complete subject index to facilitate your finding a particular subject and an index of the graduating
class. From page 404 to the end of the volume are pages devoted to the advertisers ... the people whose financial
aid make possible the publishing of your LUCKY BAG.

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ymbolic of the function it serves in ministering to our
spiritual needs, the Chapel with its imposing dome
dominates the yard. The Chapel plays an important part
n our academy life — the dome when first viewed from
far out in Chesapeake Bay on the return from third class
cruise has the vital function of giving us the title of
youngsters. In the crypt beneath the Chapel lies the
remains of John Paul Jones, serving as a constant
reminder to the fme traditions established with the incep-
tion of our Navy. Sunday mornings we gain inspiration
and new courage in tackling our problems as the chaplain
guides us in establishing basic principles on which to
build a strong moral foundation.

As we march to Chapel or to classes, the band, playing
in its stand in front of the Chapel, keeps us in step with
strains of martial music. On the other side of the Chapel
Walk stands the tall, obelisk-shaped stone known as the
Herndon Monument and established as a memorial to
the captain of the Central America who preferred to go
down with his ship when it sank with the loss of many
lives. Tradition has it that the first plebe to climb to the
summit of Herndon Monument after graduation elevates
the status of his class to the coveted third class rank.

Approaching the Chapel from the main gate we pass the
Administration Building. From our first day at the
Academy this building plays an important but remote
part in our lives. The print shop in its basement is
responsible for the deluge of forms with which we are
confronted. The Superintendent's Office is located in this
building as are the offices of the Academic Board. Those
of us having business in this building are usually con-
cerned with them, for it is they who decide the fate of
those dropping below the sacred 2.5. On the other side
of the Chapel is the sup^rintendent's residence. The scene
of official receptions, the midshipmen's acquaintance
with it is usually limited to a view of the exterior and
the well-kept gardens visible through the driveway.

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In looking back this June Week all of us in the Class of 1 948
offer ourselves a silent, smiling congratulations before we enter
Dahlgren Hall to throw our caps away for good. We realize in
leaving the Academy, that our class saw many changes come to
the standard curriculum of the Naval Academy. Of all these
changes there was a super change scheduled on V-J Day that
could have turned us all out of the Academy, so that Bancroft
Hall would have changed overnight into an officers' "finishing
school." The present Naval Academy system would have
been annihilated. We know that this event did not occur, and
although we sing "I hope the hell you never get out" to "those
we leave behind us" we know that they and many classes will
graduate from Annapolis as many classes before them have done.
The reason that they will graduate is that the Holloway Plan
by our present superintendent w^ill give new staying power to
the Naval Academy "as we know it today."

We, of course, all know of the Holloway plan. We went to
Europe last summer with some of the new Holloway NROTC
midshipmen. However, to conclude that this is the principle
of the Holloway plan would be to make a big mistake. The
essence of the plan is education of the embryo officers and the
continuation of this education long after they have been com-
missioned. The vision behind the plan is far reaching and
complex, and the aim is good.

Admiral Holloway surrounded by his staff. Comdr. R. S. Craighill,
Secretary to the Academic Board; Mr. R. E. Heise, Chief Clerk to
the Superintendent; Captain J. R. Wallace, Administrative Aid;
Comdr. B. L. Gurnett, Flag Lieutenant; Comdr. J. J. Sutherland, Flag
Secretary; Admiral Holloway.

The plan consists of two fundamental points; First, ap-
pointment of candidates and their subsequent education,
training and preparation for a commission in the Navy or
Marine Corps or an air component, and second, a well
integrated training program designed for officers who have
advanced beyond the probationary period and have held per-
manent commissions for several years.

The first point was agreed upon by Mr. Forrestal and Con-
gress as being the best solution to the Navy's need for many
temporary junior officers. Instead of having two Naval Acade-
mies in order to graduate more officers a year, as are needed,
or instead of sending all of the Navy's officer candidates to
college for a couple of years and using the present Academy
at Annapolis for the last two years of precommission training,
a practical compromise was adopted. This compromise pro-
vided that the number of midshipmen that the Academy cannot
accommodate be selected by competition and sent to the
NROTC college of their choice, provided that they can meet
the college's entrance requirements. During their four year
course these midshipmen will take such Naval subjects as fire
control and damage control. Aviation candidates, selected in
the same manner, are given two years of college and then Navy
flight training. Upon graduation all NROTC midshipmen
would be given probationary commissions. At the end of that

Seated: John W. Rogers, Assistant to Secretary, Academic Board
in charge of Admissions Section. Standing: Jesse M. Suit, Assistant
to Head of Admissions Section.

period they would be placed in an identical service status with
their Naval Academy contemporaries. The service aptitude of
each officer would decide his status as a career officer. The
others will return to civilian life, as a ready reserve in the
event of an emergency. As the Holloway Board optimistically
said, "These measures alone, will in time serve to eliminate
intraservice friction and to insure an open minded, alert officers
corps wherein each source of entry provides qualities of mutual
emulation. The Marine Corps offers the Navy a sound pre-
cedent. Their officers drawn from varied sources are unsur-
passed in professional esprit."

The plan does not end with graduation. It provides the
professional officer with many varied post-graduate courses.
They are made available to him at various times during his
career at the time when the subject will do him, and the
Navy, the most good. This, along with the assurance of a
steady promotion by virtue of the recent promotion bill, gives
the professional officer opportunities that he has never before
known.

We will remember Admiral Holloway, and his administra-
tion of the Naval Academy as a pleasing personal experience.
The great good his planning will do for the professional
officer will seem even more great to us, having served with
Admiral Holloway. We will remember him for the battalion
receptions held in the superintendent's quarters and the cheering
"Good night. Gentlemen" after each Friday lecture. We will
carry away from the Academy a greater store of liberal knowl-
edge because of these Friday night lectures. Throughout our
Naval careers we will feel his influence.

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Rear A(Jmiral ](xmt$ Lemuel Holloway, Jr., U.S.N- , iwis horn at
Fort Smith, Arkansas on 20 June, 1898. (TItat morning, some
miles to southeast of Fort Smith, the USS IOWA arrived on station
off Santiago Harhor. In less than a fortnight she was to take a leading
part in the Battle of Santiago. 46 years later the new infant ivas to
command another IOWA in action. ) At 17, young Holloway ivas
anointed to the fiaval Academy, from Texas. He graduated into the
exj^nding Nflvy of 1918, and, in 106 days, found himself a lieutenant
(j.g. ) and navigator of a destroyer. After the war, he was assigned
as a member of the Government Commission to Brazil, Uruguay, and
Argentina. In 1924, as a lieutenant, he returned to the Academy as an
instructor in the Department of Ordnance and Gunnery. (He was to
remember his own promotion schedule years later, when working out a
new officer personnel procurement, training, and promotion flan. ) Instruc-
tor duty ^id dividends; on the West Virginia he received departmental
commendations for gunnery efficiency. Much of the long 30's was
spent on staff duty; including the position of aide and flag lieutenant
to the President, Naval War College. Pearl Harbor found Commander
Holloway acting as Chief of Staff, Atlantic Fleet. As ComDesRon 10,
he participated in the North African landings. 1 944 found Captain
Hollou^ay and the IOWA off Luzon and Japan.

Situated across from the Chanel is Herndon Monument. This monu-
ment was erected in 1857 in honor of Ca]^tain Hcrndon who went down
with his shi^, tlie Central America, when it sank with almost the
entire aew ahoard.

This monument rcsemhles "Cleopatra's l^cedle" in its obelisk style,
is set on a square hase, and is a^j^roximately twenty five feet tall.

Since tite erection of Herndon Monument, a certain tradition has
formed around it. According to this tradition, on graduation day, after
tlw ceremonies, the piek class forms a snake dance around tke hase of the
monument. While tKi5 is going on, one of the glebes climhs to the top
with the aid of his classmates and thus the plebes officially become third
classmen.

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If the Naval Academy Band is too often taken for granted,
it is only because of consistent performance and reliable service.
Its usual excellent performance is accepted as a matter of
routine until a visitor jogs the midshipman's memory and
reminds him he has one of the finest bands in the Country.

Under the uncompromismg baton of Lt. A. C. Morris, the
band has developed into a versatile group, but not at the
expense of good musicianship. A visitor who has heard
Tiger Rag Friday night, Emanon Saturday afternoon, and On-
ward Christian Soldiers on Sunday cannot be blamed for asking
how many bands the Academy possesses. It feels at home most
anywhere ... on the stage of Mahan Hall for a radio broad-
cast ... in the wardroom mess ... at a pep rally . . . marching
for a P-rade ... in the bandstand ... at a hop . . . and if
Carnegie Hall ever beckons, it would feel at home there too.

The reason for this exceptional ability probably lies with
the individual, each of whom is an artist in his own right.
There is no need to designate soloists . . . each man can take
his place in front of the band w^ith complete confidence.
Many have served several hitches at the Academy developing
their musicianship, while others have delved into the mysteries
of harmony and counterpoint and produced several quality
original compositions and arrangements.

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Lt. Leader A. C. Morris, USN, the leader of the band.

Boffom Row; E. A. Pujchert, L. G. Smith, F. Sluka, F. Festagallo, R. Mack, T. S«nesi, L
Lockwood, Drum Maior; F. C. Dunham, Lt. Off. in Ch.; A. C. Morris, Lt. Leader; A. Schifanelli,
W.O., 2nd Leader; S. Schifaneila, C. Martin, M. Demey, F. Saldino, E. L. Hromadka,
N. Ferri. Second row: L. Ebersole, M. Mrlik, Librarian; P. Montalbano, A. E. Caconna,
A. Klimes, J. Zadera, A. Bitter, G. Mcintosh, R. Gambone, R. Carfagno, G. Sime, M. Glat-
felter, C. French, C. Kirsch, G. Bachmann. Third row: F. Fogler, W. Healey, I. Rusteberg,
M. Fink, G. Carle, R. Moeller, C. Burke, A. Abato, P. Benner, P. Rosemark, V. Orso, A.
Flacco, W. Akers, J. Schmitt, O. Mozzarelli. Fourth row: F. Link, J. Hunzeker, J. Potocki,
W. Taylor, M. Pruitf, C. Smith, M. Magliano, L. Brunner, T. Hawk, G. Gould, V. Walsh,
T. Christie, L. George, W. Becker. Fifth Row: E. McLaughlin, P. Dimoggio, P. Lisko, H. Kraft,
H. Butler, R. Hawkins, F. Dennis.

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The big-domed building with the shiny spike on top ... the
United States Naval Academy Chapel . . . plays a leading role
in the life of every midshipman. It may be from the standpoint
of the place in which he worships each Sunday, the "Sob
Sunday" baccalaureate service, or it may be the place in which
he repeats the marriage vows. Most assuredly he cannot escape
the Chapel as the center of his "liberty circle." The Chapel,
with its myriad stained glass windows, its impressive service,
its beautiful organ, and its nationally-famous choir, is one of
the largest and most beautiful churches in the country. It
gives an atmosphere of worship keenly felt by all who attend.
In the basement of the Chapel is little St. Andrew's Chapel.
It is simple in decoration, but it gives the feeling of being
"at home." St. Andrew's is one of the busier places in the
Chapel, too: communion services, early morning Catholic
Mass, Sunday School, weddings and baptisms. The spiritual
leadership and guidance of Protestant Chaplains Wuebbens
and Bishop and Catholic Chaplain Rotrige are a constant
source of help and inspiration to the whole Brigade.

One of the finest parts of the service in the Chapel is the
music of the Chapel Choir. While it is strictly an extra-
curricular activity, the Choir has achieved professional excel-
lence, and has come to be recognized as one of the Nation's
leading all-male choral groups. It is the custom of the Choir to
make a trip to Washington, D.C., each spring to sing at the
National Cathedral and to do a short concert for the President

CHOIR

Boffom row: W. Homdon, S. L. Coffin, O. J. Manci, Jr., C. C. Whitener, J. F. Martin, J. R.
Morrison, I. L. Roenigie, W. A. Schriefer, J. O. Clark, J. R. Foster, C. Norman, W. S. Clark,
P. G. Bryant, G. leighton, D. C. Gilley, A. L. Loeffler, R. D. Reem, J. R. Bavie, F. D. Jackson,
T. E. Lide, Jr., C. E. Bennett, R. B. Ooghe, C. E. Reid, Jr., P. T. Johnson, R. D. Weedlun,
D. Estes, II, C. W. Buziell, Jr., B. F. Price, Wm. M. Smith, Jr. Second row: M. S. Huff, G. L.
May, C. E. Bracken, D. J. Space, J. P. Oberholtzer, F. T. Maynord, R. V/. Bush, R. M.
Gray, Jr., J. J. Entstrasser, Jr., F. R. Muck, J. R. Wilkins, R. L V/hite, G. G. Durall, N. L.
Gibson, W. C. Collins, I. L. Fenlon, Jr., E. J. Otth, Jr., D. O. Campbell, C. F. Crafts, Jr.,
W. W. Anderson, W. A. Motson, II, J. L Yankleeck, H. C. Hoyword, R. J. Trotter, J. D.
Lesser, A. Pullor, Jr., R. J. Miille, E. W. Carter. Third row: D. P. Travis, L. W. Seogren,
H. E. Ruggles, L. S. Kollmorgan, L. A. Lentz, J. N. Cruise, R. L. Allsman, D. H. Evans, R. P.
Lewis, A. L. Register, R. E. Goodspeed, B. G. Stone, F. W. Terrell, Jr., C. T. Hanson, N. C.
Blackburn, W. J. Ricci, C. Dobony, W. H. Ayres, C. A. Orem, W. P. Stilawrence, M. J.
Schultz, Jr., E. R. Doering, H. K. Alexander, Jr., D. R. James, W. J. Thompson, H. K. Thomas,
W. R. Kittredge. Top row: D. W. Pogue, S. M. Beck, J. P. Miller, P. L. Maier, F. M. Smith,
P. D. Olson, H. H. Adoms, H. M. Ekeren, R. H. McGlohn, Jr., C. M. Rigsbee, N. M. Tollefson,
R. H. Richardson, H. R. Anderson, R. P. Gould, R. I. Swart, A. B. Corderman, P. M. Pahl,
T. W. Trout, R. H. Small, W. B. Purse, Jr., S. O. Jones, J. L. Head, J. G. Skidmore, C. J.
Tetrick, B. M. Shepard.

Chaplain Everett P. Wuebbins, Comdr. (Ch.C.) USN, delivering one
of his inspiring messages to the Brigade from the Chapel pulpit.

Midshipman Fredrick D. Jackson and Professor Donald C. Gilley,
organist and choirmaster, discuss choir matters at the Chapel
console.

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at the White House. Prof. Donald C. Gilley is organist and
choirmaster, and is largely responsible for the excellence of
the Choir.

Many midshipmen prefer to attend their own denominational
churches and ample opportunity is afforded them to do so in
the churches of the City of Annapolis. If a midshipman also
desires to attend Sunday School, he may do that too. Some
of the Church Parties, as they are known, are quite large.
In such cases, as m the Episcopalian and Catholic Church
Parties, the midshipmen are divided so that half attend an
early service and the other half attend the regular service.
Provisions are made for midshipmen to attend special church
functions, such as Communion Breakfasts, Church Banquets
and Sunday School Parties.

There are two clubs for Christian midshipmen at the
Academy: one for Catholics and the other for Protestants.
The Newman Club, with R. E. Schwoefferman as its presi-
dent, is the same organization as found on the campuses of
most of the colleges and universities of the country. On alter-
nate Sunday evenings the Club has as its guest some eminent
person to speak on topics and problems of current interest
from the Catholic point of view.

NEWMAN CLUB OFFICERS. Seated: F. C. Fogarty, G. T. Balzer,
T. E. Alexander, R. E. Schwoefferman. Standing: F. J. Sultill.

Chaplain Henry J. Rotrige, Lt. Comdr. (Ch.C.) USN, at the altar in
St. Andrew's Chapel during Holy Mass.

A quiet moment in busy little St. Andrew's Chapel which is the
scene of baptisms, weddings, Sunday School for the Navy
Juniors, Lenten services, and early morning Catholic Mass.

The tomb of John Paul Jones, father of our Navy, in the Chapel
Crypt. In the floorplate are the names of his commands. Paintings
of Jones' various actions can be seen in the background.

Chaplain Roy E. Bishop, Comdr. (Ch.C.) USN, at the lectern in the
Chapel, reading from the Bible with his broad Virginia accent.

NACA OFFICERS. Seated: R. R. James, secretary, R. Struyk, J. L.
Jensen, president, J. D. Caylor, W. J. Knetz. Standing: J. E. Sprague,
G. K. Armstrong, W. H. Flint, L W. Seagren.

The Club for Protestant midshipmen is the Naval Academy
Christian Association, and J. L. Jensen is the president. Its
endeavor is to provide wholesome entertainment for the
midshipmen in the proper atmosphere. Famous speakers, glee
clubs and choirs from other colleges . . . these are just examples
of the many varied and intensely interesting programs found at
a NACA meeting every other Sunday evening, alternating
with the Newman Club.

One place the Academy visitor invariably sees, and the
midshipman too often forgets to see until he comes back as an
alumnus, is the Crypt of the Naval Academy Chapel. The
Crypt is the tomb of the father of our Navy, John Paul Jones.
The sepulcher itself is elaborately done in bronze and marble,
and in the floor-plate around it are inscribed the names of his
various commands. On display around the Crypt are a bust
of Jones, his sword, his commission, and many other personal
items which belonged to him.

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i. 1 owhere else among the imposing buildings and
statues of the yard will you find the delightful contrast of
new and old displayed by Ward Hall and Dahlgren Hall,
standing side by side. Significantly, the modern Ward
Hall with its gleaming white exterior extends in front of
the older, grayish, more sedate building . . . yet joins
it as if deriving some strength from the substantial pillars
of the older structure . . . symbolic, perhaps, of the
branch of the Navy it houses. The Ordnance Department,
with its new miracle equipment often capable of operat-
ing faster and more accurately than the human brain
itself, is likewise founded on the firm basic principles that
has been the Navy's standard throughout the years.
Inside, the analogy can be extended . . . equipment
showing a Bucit Rogers infiuence, on display in the
Model Room of Ward Hall, compares with the old but
reliable spotting apparatus which has served many
classes faithfully in Dahlgren Hall.

Even the functions served by these buildings are highly
diversified. Where the halls may ring with professional
echos of "right 05 up 500" on weelcdays ... the rustle
of skirts and the sound of feminine voices predominate
on week ends. The staccato of marching feet ... the
enthusiastic yells of the basketball crowd . . . and even
the strains of a symphony orchestra are not infrequently
heard.

From the first time we took our Springfields off the rack
until the time we threw our caps into the air this group
of buildings was closely associated with our training
routine.

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The scene of many events of varying interest and attendance,
Dahlgren Hall is one of the foci of midshipman life. Its main
function is that of an armory. The hall w^as named after one of
the Navy's leading ordnance specialists of all time and is
appropriately guarded by Dahlgren guns at its entrance. Its
shelves and display cases are filled with mementoes of battles
and of ordnance developments. Here can be found everything
from a squirrel gun to the latest in main battery director and
fire-control systems.

The day begins early for Dahlgren Hall. First period will
always find a company or more of first or second classmen
assembled on the balcony waiting to be sent to one of the
numerous mock-ups [for an ordnance drill. Remembered are the
days that started much earlier . . . with an hour of drill imder
arms for the unfortunates on the extra duty squad. From the
balcony groups of white-works clad midshipmen follow their
respective instructors to their assigned drill.

First class year finds the midshipmen working w^ith their
nose a little more to the grindstone . . . the points awarded for
competitive drills is the reward. Points toward the flag . . . the
color company.

In Dahlgren Hall can be found, if you look, one of the most
extensive training aids libraries available. There is to be found
without looking too hard, row upon row of MI rifles.
These come into play shortly after the last drill is secured.
The Brigade forms for P-rade and the man in the back rank
groans under the load as the stripers bawl out their preparatory
commands. All during these various and sundry activities the
building and grounds workmen have been busy setting up
bleachers and folding chairs for another basektball game ... or
preparing the track on the balcony for an indoor track practice.

Bottom row: Doc Snyder, trainer; B. Carnevale, coach; J. C. Barrow, R. H. Searle, J. W.
Robbins, captain; H. D. Woods, C. A. Sheehan, Comdr. J. E. Mansfield, officer repre-
sentative; P. D. Lawler, manager. Second row.- J. G. Stinson, G. J. Eliopolus, L. O. Rens-
berger, R. G. Cioitor, R. C. Clinite, T. E. Jenike, R. N. Andreson. Top row: S. H. Olson,
R. S. Burton, M. O. Poul, P. L. Quinn, R. O. Moberly, J. A. Donovan.

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A new regulation hardwood basketball court was laid in
Dahlgren Hall last November to initiate the 1947-48 season
auspiciously. No more would the Academy cagers not be on a
par w^ith the best quintets in the country as far as playing
facilities were concerned.

Coach Ben Carnevale made plans early in October for
fashioning the squad which would succeed the 1947 represen-

Veteran forward Bob Searle played three years on the varsity, was
leading scorer for the season, added height to the small team.
Chuck Sheehan, also a veteran of three years, moved into a first
string guard post his last season. Standing left to right: Commander
J. E. Mansfield, ofFicer representative; Jack Robbins, team captain;
Mr. Ben Carnevale, coach; and P. D. Lawler, manager. Jack
Robbins, team captain and ace forward, played varsity for four
years.

John Barrow acted as pivot man, did a lot of scoring. Unidentified
Navy player eases in a shot in the Johns Hopkins game, John

Barrow in the background. Bob Claitor was tallest man on the
squad, spelled Barrow at center.

George Eliopolus leads a Duke man in a pirouette. Harry Woods
picks up two points in the gome with Muhlenberg.

Harry Woods worked into the starting line-up at guard, but was
eased out in a shift to give height to the team.

Captain Jack Robbins scores two from the right side in the game
with Hopkins. George Eliopolus was moved to center, helped over-

come the large West Virginia lead. Robbins tries again, this time
from the left side, in the Hopkins gome.

Bob Searle moves in unopposed for a neat lay-up shot in the game
with Viilanova, Navy's worst defeat of the season. Bob Claitor

stretches out with a foul shot in the same game. Columbia beat
Navy with foul shots.

tative in the N.C.A.A. tournament. Main prospects as the
candidates began workouts in November were Capt. Jack
Robbins, Bob Searle, John Barrow, Chuck Sheehan. Speedy
Harry Woods worked into the first five as the result of his
showing against a tough New York University team, which
scrimmaged here late in November.

With a disadvantage in height, the starters concentrated on
conditioning, a fiist-break offense, and alert defensive tactics.
Two pre-Christmas games were not a true test of the Navy
group; the mettle of the varsity was first tested following a
long vacation lay-off. The recess hurt the squad's preparations
as it dropped the first January match, edged out a win, and
then lost two games away. Brightest spot in that month was
left-handed Searle's rapid rise in the scoring totals. The
California first classman began to hit consistently on one-hand
specialties.

Coach Carnevale, thought of changing to a zone defense in
an attempt to stop the strong offenses of the Eastern power-
houses on the schedule, but chose to wait. Here was a turning
point in the Navy fortunes as both offense and standard man-to-
man play began to click.

Seeking a method for capturing more rebounds off the boards,
lanky Bob Claitor replaced Barrow at the center position with

Lee Rensberger was one of the stars of the close West Virginia
game, was close behind Searle and Robbins at forward.

Stanley Olson practices a left-handed lay-up shot. Olson saw
service as a guard. Dicl( Clinlte figured in the shuffle toward the

end of the season to gain height. Paul Quinn was a substitute
pivot man and guord.

Ronnie Burton tried hard for three years to malce the starting
line-up. John Stinson tries a tip-in in practice, was a substitute

guard on the squad. Ronald Andresen was a good ball stealer,
was also a substitute guard.

Milton Paul was second string guard until an ankle injury benched
him early in the season. One of the squad's tall men.

Barrow remaining in the line-up to add to the overall height
of the quintet. The old walls of Dahlgren Hall really rang
from the cheers that accompanied the resulting February suc-
cesses. Determination to win in spite of the fact that com-
parative scores favored the opposition more than once was a key
factor. Not to be overlooked was the role of early season
bench-warmers, George Eliopolus and Lee Rensberger, whose
fight added to the varsity's chances while the starters rested.
Greatest accomplishment in the eyes of Coach Carnevale was
the vastle improved defensive play of the Navy five ... so
improved that West Virginia, perennial standout in the East,
was held to less than 40 points for the first time in five years.
The ups and downs continued for the cage team with four-
point victories over Penn State and Gettysburg sandwiched
between defeats at the hands of Muhlenberg and Penn. Colum-
bia, Ivy league champions, brought a highly touted group to
the Academy which was completely played off its feet by a
hustling Navy team. Yet the Lions edged out a close victory
in the last minutes. Unsullied by the numerous setbacks the
Blue and Gold went to West Point and shellacked the Grey-
legs, 49-36. Effective floor play coupled with Robbins' season
high of 21 points left Army lagging after the first ten minutes.

Lee Rensberger drops in a left-handed lay-up shot in the Villa-
nova game, with John Stinson covering the possible rebound

on the other side. The center jump at the start of the second
half in the game with Princeton.

Lot unlike Madison Square Garden, Dahlgren Hall is quick
to change its dress from daylight sports and work clothes to
evening formal attire. The time is short from the basketball
to the first note of the symphony orchestra, or twirl of the
ballerina. The moment the last midshipman and his drag
leave the armory floor, the finishing touches are put on the
concert stage ... or band stand and the punch stand. Rows
of chairs are lined up on canvas covering the new basketball
court. Lights are hung and curtains drawn. The hop com-
mittee descends on the whole affair to administer the last
minute touches to Dahlgren Hall's party dress.

The metamorphosis complete, the crowd begins to arrive . . .
the same crowd . . . but they too are in a different mood ... a
different dress. They come in the hushed atmosphere with
anticipation that is no less intensely felt than by a crowd
entering Carnegie Hall. Many are the famous artists who have
trod the boards of Dahlgren Hall's makeshift stage. Their
performances have been startling . . . and wonderfully received.

On many occasions broadcast booths are seen in Dahlgren
Hall. Sometimes local . . . and at times coast to coast. Prob-
ably the most memorable occasion for the midshipman to
remember is the graduation ceremonies that he attends as a
star performer.

All of these memorable events . . . under one roof. Drills,
parades, athletic events, concerts, graduations, pep rallies,
change-of-command ceremonies ... all speak of the wonderful
versatility of Dahlgren Hall.

The stellar Concert Series for the 1947-48 season was as
usual, studded with stars. Under the direction of Capt. R. N.
Norgaard, USN, the committee forwarded the purpose of the
Naval Academy Concert Series by bringing to the Brigade and
the officers and instructors four splendid and varied concerts.
First in the series, early in December, was an old favorite,
the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra. After Christmas the
Dark Ages were lightened by the inspired Philharmonic Piano
Quartet. In February the concert-goers where thrilled with
selections by Anna Kaskas, contralto, and Donald Dame,
tenor. The season was brought to a tumultuous close by
Marina Suetlova and company in a series of entertaining ballets.

Bill Barnes and Lt. Comdr. Wail, who together ran the hop com-
mittee are responsible in no small part for the generally excellent
year of hops. Ail this was helped little by their constant worry
over a depleted budget.

The dansant . . . the hop . . . swinging on the Severn shores
... the scene for romance ... for proposals . . . and unfortu-
nately for refusals . . . hops to "Beat Army" ... to celebrate
Christmas . . . Thanksgiving . . . or just to pass away a cold
winter Saturday evening . . . hops, figures of boys and girls
swirling out of the confines of the military world into any
setting one chooses . . . the girls . . . the tall ones . . . short
ones . . . pretty ones . . . and the ones that aren't so pretty . . .
ones who are blase . . . excited . . . enthralled . . . disap-
pointed ... in love . . . out of love ... or not so sure. Girls
from the finishing school ... the post-debutante ... the girl
from next door ... the secretary ... the model ... the college
coed . . . from the North ... the South ... the East and the
West. The music soft . . . blaring . . . disjointed . . . smooth.
The lights hard and unflattering . . . lights soft and alluring.
Eyes open and sparkling . . . eyelids coyly lowered . . . search-
ing eyes . . . provocative eyes . . . taunting eyes. Frivolous
decorations . . . cold armory walls . . . candy striped poles
. . . rows of rifles . . . rustling silk and crinkling taffeta . . .
blues . . . whites . . . and civilian tails. In this setting people
dancing . . . people talking . . . couples waltzing . . . couples
promenading . . . men laughing . . . girls pouting . . . men
sulking . . . girls laughing . . . the Queen . . . the Brick . . .
the Little Woman . . . Sister Jane . . . Cousin Sue . . . minia-
tures compared . . . crests returned . . . then Sleepy Time
Gal ... the Navy Blue and Gold . . . tired feet . . . shuffling
feet . . . Attention . . . Oh, say can you see by the dawn's
early light . . . now couples dashing . . . others loafing . . .
holding hands ... he ... she .. . you or I ... the parts of the
whole that make up the story of the Naval Academy soiree . . .
the wonderful Naval Academy Hop.

Seated: E. Frothingham, Jr., J. M. Ivey, B. A. Moore, J. M. Davis, W. H. Barnes, III, W. C.
Graham, Jr., B. S. Dowd, Jr., W. H. Barton, Jr., M. A. Chiara. Standing: P. S. Soteropulos,
J. R. Walker, I. N. Fraser, R. T. Styer, P. L. Schoos, J. R. Burgess, R. K. Ripley, R. A. Bisselle,
F. A. Smith, R. W. O'Reilly, G. E. Irish, K. R. Burns, R. B. Plank.

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The results of any Naval engagement depends directly upon
the damage we inflict upon the enemy in comparison to the
damage inflicted upon us by the enemy. This damage is caused
by the use of projectiles, torpedoes, bombs, mines, and other
explosive-filled instruments of war. The success of our forces
depends upon our offensive use of and defensive protection
from such armament, and the knowledge of the limitations and
capabilities of our own and our enemy's equipment.

It is the purpose of the Department of Ordnance and Gun-
nery to give to the graduates of this school a basic under-
standing of the problems to be expected and the means of
obtaining a solution to such problems. This purpose is ac-
complished through the means of recitations, drills, and the
practice cruises during the summer months.

During our two years of classroom work we learn of the
guns and the fire control equipment necessary to secure hits
from those guns. We study ballistics, the science of the
motion of projectiles, which gives us an explanation of what
happens while the projectile is in the gun and describes its
action while on its way to the target.

This department is the most progressive one at the Academy,
a necessity if it is to keep us posted on the latest developments
in its field of work. The latest communication procedures are
issued to us for study. As information is obtainable on rocket
research or torpedo control we study it in the classroom.

The computer . . . any mark . . . any mod . . . proved to be a
worthy opponent in the schematic diagram or in actuality. Its real
value ... as a friend . . . became apparent to us under the
stress of simulated battle problems . . . realistic and modern as
the building in which the event took place. The ordnance depart-
ment gave us many hours of really practical work-outs.

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We study the surface fire control problem and the anti-
aircraft fire control problem in detail. Our problem, the hitting
of a moving object at long range from a rolling, pitching,
moving ship, is analyzed and the mechanical solution by the
computer is followed through in full.

Drills in this department during the academic year closely
parallel the recitations which enables us to see and do the
various things about which we study. You learn by doing, and
by the handling of the actual material we are able to retain the
important points covered in any problem.

The skilled use of electronic and mechanical equipment in
our Navy is a large and time taking job. Only by experience
can you take full advantage of the picture on the radar scope
located in Combat Information Center, or can you analyze the
fire control problem and make the necessary corrections to the
computer in plot, or can you secure fast and accurate fire
support for the troops on the beach.

The battle is the final pay-off in any war. The fine work
and training of the Department of Ordnance and Gunnery
assures the American people that the U.S. Navy will always
be ready to hit hard, to hit fast, to hit often, and to hit
accurately.

Captain Merle A. Sawyer, Head of the Department of Ordnance
and Gunnery, served as Staff Commander of the Atlantic Fleet
prior to reporting for duty at the Academy. His service career has
been intimately connected withi ordnance equipment and
problems.

Firtl row: Lf. Col. H. R. Werner, Comdr. R. R. Pratt, Comdr. R. S. Mcndelkorn, Copt, {now
Comdr.) R. A. Newton, Captain M. A. Sawyer, Head of Dept.; Comdr. F. J. Foley, Comdr.
E. T. Reich, Comdr. J. A. Heath, It. Col. M. Adelmon. Second row: It. Cdr. H. C. White,
Lt. Cdr. T. R. Perry, Lt. Cdr. J. C. Bidwell, Comdr. J. G. Ross, Comdr. J. N. Johnson, Comdr.
E. G. Sanderson, Comdr. W. A. Hood, Jr., Lt. Cdr. A. T. Micholson, It. Cdr. W. H. Mack.
Third row: Mr. J. R. Dee, It. L. R. Wright, Lt. (jg) J. Henson, Lt. C. V. Gardiner, Lt. Cdr.
R. R. Carter, Lt. Cdr. W. R. Bornett, Lt. (jg) W. A. Wright, Lt. (jg) A. C. Plambeck, Mr.
E. K. Barber.

ell known to both visitors and Midshipmen is the South corner of the yard,
for here is situated Thompson Stadium, the home field of the football and track
teams; the varsity tennis courts, where the varsity net men battle for points;
and Holland Field, where Annapolis small fry get a chance to see marching
Midshipmen through the wire fence.

In the Fall, visitors trek to Thompson Stadium to see a hard fighting Navy team
try to vanquish their adversaries. The steel in the stadium, diverted from use
in warships, has nevertheless been exposed to the war cries of Midshipmen
eager for their team's victory. If not the largest stadium of the nation's campuses,
it can be said to have the most beautiful view. If the games get dull, which
they seldom do, the spectator can divert his attention to the picturesque scene
of white sails framed by the blue waters of the bay to the seaward side.

Springtime finds grueling matches being fought on the tennis courts landward
of Thompson Stadium, while in the stadium panting, sweating, track teams
are vying for top honors. Holland Field, directly in back of the stadium, is the
battlefield for many intramural sports. Its mud is the right consistency to make
pushball and fieldball games the interesting sports that they are.

Whether as a casual spectator or as a participant in any of the sports played
in this vicinity, this corner of the yard is sure to hold some fond memories for
those who have availed themselves of its facilities.

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The football story of any year ... of any school . . . starts on the
practice field. The spark given to the team by its coach and captain
is the spark that fires the Brigade. To Captain Dick Scott fell the
honor of lighting the Army Game pyre ... as he had sparked the
team, and the Brigade all season.

FIRST REGIMENTAL STAFF. J. P. Zimmerman, CPO; F. M. McCurdy, Operations; O. C.
Paciulli, Jr., Communications; R. H. Searle, Supply; W. N. Small, CPO; E. M. Zacharias,
Jr., Adjutant; J. W. McCord, Regimental Commander.

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. . . and the foothall games

they took us to.

To the Fall Set the responsibility of getting the brigade
underway for a new year was given. We remember them as
the men w^ho led us to Baltimore and Philadelphia to watch the
Navy eleven each Saturday . . . we remember their names as
they blared out over the field when we marched in . . . we
remember their first parade . . . and the first formation after
leave. All these things showed ... on the surface. The actual
value of the Fall Set, and their biggest worry, went far deeper
than that.

To the first stripers of the Class of '48-B fell the responsibility
of the new class policy. The policy was on paper . . . and was
yet to be proved . . . under fire. It had been approved . . ^y
the majority . . . but the minority left the stripers with their
biggest problem of leadership. How well they handled their
problem is history . . . they put the policy of theory into fact.
They took the new plebe class and settled them into the life of
the brigade. They answered the endless list of questions that
only a new plebe class can dream up. They settled a myriad of
petty gripes and diflPerences. They suggested and put into effect
the minor bits of luxury that make life a little easier . . . and
more beneficial ... at the Naval Academy. Their job done
well, they turned over to the middle set a brigade of higher
morale and spirit then we can remember in our four short years.

BRIGADE STAFF. W. W. Lee, Color Bearer; F. S. Tiernan, Adjutant; D. D. Foulds, Brigade
Captain; R. B. Hodson, Communications; H. A. True, Operations; J. F. White, Jr., Supply;
C. E. Hathaway, Deputy Brigade Commander; W. F. Doddy, Color Bearer.

SECOND REGIMENTAL STAFF. J. K. McConeghy, Jr., Communications; A. M. Poteet, Jr.,
Operations; A. E. Conord, CPO; W. A. Speer, Supply; D. Holstein, CPO; E. P. Supancic,
Adjutant; B. W. Bevis, Regimental Commander.

FIRST BATTALION STAFF. H. Remsen, Supply; H. R. Stringfellow, Sub Commander; F. W.
On, Jr., CPO; C. A. Sheehan, Adjutont; M. D. Marsh, Battalion Commander.

FIRST BATTALION COMPANY COMMANDERS. G. W. Marshall, 4th Company; G. M.
Bell, Jr., 1st Company; R. R. McKechnie, 2nd Company; S. W. Dunn, Jr., 3rd Company.

SECOND BATTALION SiArK Vv. i^. Vvhlle, supply; C. L. Lewis, bub Commandei; L>. R.
Hamlin, CPO; D. R. Thornhill, Adjutant; P. L. Quinn, Battalion Commander.

SECOND BATTALION COMPANY COMMANDERS. W. Wegner, 8th Company; F. R.
LofFerty, Jr., 7th Company; R. G. Claitor, 6th Company; J. M. Davis, 5th Company.

Under the blare of the loudspeaker announcing our arrival we
marched into the field ... to cheer our opponents and our sup-

porters in true Navy style. Manning the stands was not always
easy . . . sometimes actually a trial to perseverance.

THIRD BAHAUON COMPANY COMMANDERS. N. L. Duncan, 9th.Company; F. L. Nelson,
1 0th Company; A. T. Roulston, I 1 »h Company; R. T. Styer, 1 2»h Company.

THIRD BATTALION STAFF. L. A. Jay, Supply; N. W. Smusyn, Sub Commander; A. F.
Shimmel, CPO; R. E. Wainwright, Adjutant; E. Rudzis, Battalion Commander.

FOURTH BAHAIION COMPANY COMMANDERS. J. S. Brunson, 13th Compony; G. T.
Bolzer, 14th Company; N. L. Halliday, 15th Company; R. E. Nicholson, 16th Company.

FOURTH BATTALION STAFF. P. D. Lawler, Supply; J. E. Vinsel, Sub Commander; D. M.
Smith, Battalion Commander; M. J. O'Friel, Adjutant; R. N. Hall, II, CPO.

From the stands we watched our team fight a tough season; and
wondered where the girl friend was . . . knowing that she was

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rooting twice as hard as we were. From our seats we looked down
on our worthy opponents, and knew just what they were thinking.

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fIFTH BATTALION STAFF. R. P. Nottingham, Supply; E. W. Meyers, Sub Commander;
G. W. Dittman, CPO; C. C. Villarreol, Adjutant; R. D. Schneider, Battalion Commander.

FIFTH BATTALION COMPANY COMMANDERS. G. S. Wright, 1 7th Company; R. C. Mor-
row, 1 8»h Company; D. R. Nolen, 1 9th Company; J. S. Crosby, Jr., 20th Company.

SIXTH BATTALION STAFF. H. F. Smith, Supply; K. k. Ihiele, Sub Commander; C. L. buit, III,
CPO; H. J. Thompson, Adjutant; W. H. Barnes, III, Battalion Commander.

SIXTH BATTALION COMPANY COMMANDERS. B. V. Damberg, \i\s\ Company; E. F.
Resch, 22nd Company; J. M. Ivey, Jr., 23rd Company; R. L. Beatty, 24th Company.

At half time Bill was tlie target of photographers and attack by
the enemy's forces ... all this and statistics too ^as recorded and

reported by the observers in the press box . . . and Bill found a
new field to mov^ ^hen things got dull.

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front: R. E. Shimshak; J. P. Tagliente; K. W. Schwieck; S. Emerson; C. G. Strahley; Captain
R. U. Scott; R. T. Lawrence; R. K. Russell; A. L. Markel; E. N. Smith; M. D. Gerber; R. G. Hunt.
Second: R. H. Baysinger; J. W. Harvey; C. Cooper; R. C. Mondevilie; B. C. Hogan; M. L.
Gillam; E. I. Golding; R. P. Williams; W. F. Hawkins; A. C. McCully; W. C. Earl; Manager
T. Woods. Short Row: J. R. Kennedy; R. R. Aillet; R. E. Home; W. J. Abromitis; W. D. Weir;
T. D. Persons; R. N. Smith; P. J. Ryan; E. J. Piasecki. fourth Row: H. G. Prosier; W. R. Wagner;
J. W. Dorsey; E. A. Cruise; H. D. Arnold; B. M. Jones; F. H. Gralow; C. M. Jones; L. H.
Derby; V. H. SchoefFer; J. K. Twilla. fifth Row: J. S. Bier; A. M. Sinclair; W. A. Konakanui;
D. M. Ridderhoff; M. H. Losell; R. N. Andreson; R. L. McElroy; C. E. Dorris; C. C. Kileen;
R. Schwoeffermon. Sixth Row: F. W. Lauer; B. A. Moore; H. B. Woods; H. N. Key; J. D.
Beeler; I. A. Hissom. Sock Row; Coaches: E. E. Miller; E. J. Erdelatz; J. N. Wilson; Major
H. A. Harwood; R. C. McNeish; Captain Tom Hamilton.

There was none but the deepest respect and admiration for
Capt. Tom Hamilton, a Naval leader capable of competing with
the best football brains in the country and in their own medium.
Helping in the hard work were Major H. A. Harwood, center
coach; Mr. E. J. Erdelatz, end coach; Mr. E. E. Miller, line

COACHING STAFF. Major H. A. Harwood; Mr. E. J. Erdeloti; Mr. E. E. Miller; Captain
Tom Homilton; Mr. John N. Wilson; Mr. R. C. McNeish.

Ail-American center and captain of the team, Dick Scott, best line
baclcer in the East and most consistent, all-round good player on
the team.

coach; Mr. John N. Wilson and Mr. R. C. McNeish, backfield
coaches.

California: This year something ne-w was added. The entire
team was taken to the West Coast to train for the first game of
the season, out there for the first time in Navy history, marking
the beginning of a series between Navy and California. Navy
went into that game with thoughts of last year's Army game
producing high morale. Grouped about radios in Bancroft Hall,
we exchanged glances and told each other that this was a Navy
year ... it seemed that we were set for a good season as the
team moved against the Golden Bears of California, but the
passing attack bogged down at a critical moment and Navy lost
the initiative to the home team. After Bob Celeri of the Bears
scored from the 21, Navy began to get nowhere, and it was
after the second California score before the team got rolling
again. Harrison Frazier blocked a punt on the California 18,
scrambled to his feet, scooped it up on the 14 and got down to
the 2 before he was stopped. With three minutes to go,
Baysinger tallied on a sneak through the middle. Trailing 13-7,
the team decided to take advantage of the few remaining
minutes and successfully pulled the first of the season's onside
kicks to start the drive. This time it was an unfortunate pass
interception that ended the march deep into California territory.

Columha: It was an unhappy crew that returned to Annapolis
the following Saturday to meet Columbia in Thompson Sta-
dium. They felt that they had let us down, and one Robert
Russell's punting that kept Navy deep in her own territory did
nothing to boost morale. The late start spirit was there on the
field and in the stands, and hardly four yards remained between
a loss and a tie at the final horn ... a testimonial of Navy cour-
age. We saw those good plays . . . our team had it, but it
didn't fit together all of the time. We scored first, on a beauti-
ful lateral from Home to Hawkins, who dashed 53 yards around

Billy Earl tries an end run in the California game. Pete Williams
prepares to shove away a Bear tackier on a run worth nine yards.
Bob Schwoefferman looks small hiding behind his blockers on an
end run.

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A Columbia back is trapped by Phil Ryan in front, aided by
Cliucl< Strahley, Ed Golding, and Myron Gerber.

end and down the inside line. The Lions clicked with a
passing attack that gave them the extra touchdown in the third
quarter. The fourth period fired determination in the hearts
of the Navy team, but it did not pay off until the next week.
Dulce: By now we were the underdogs in a tough league
playing one of the toughest schedules in the country, a fact that
did something for the brigade spirit. We were ready for Duke
in the Baltimore Stadium. The Blue Devils were determined
to hold on to their winning streak which made the first half of
this game tighter than a no-hit baseball game in the World
Series. The ball changed hands practically every four downs
... it was a fan's game, and the best was yet to come. The
tenseness on the field during the second half w^as echoed m the
stands as both teams switched from a ground attack to the air.

Right, Bob SchwoefFerman, speedy but light halfback, regular
game starter, and center Harry Key, veteran of three seasons.

Below, halfback Billy Earl and co-captains-elect Pete Williams
and Scott Emerson. At righf is star end Art Market.

First string end Phil Ryan and Bill Hawkins, high scorer and most
consistent ground-gainer on the team.

Guard Bob Hunt saw plenty of action. Tex Lawrence did double
duty as center and line backer. Ken Schiweck, hefty second team

guard and line plug. Halfback Al McCully was the star of, the
Tech game.

A block by Phil Ryan helps pave the way for fleet Bob Schwoeffer-
man to get deep into Duke territory.

Duke scored first to start the thrills, which were heightened
as Navy marched 74 yards after the kickofF to tie the score when
Bob Home w^armed up his passing arm. The last four minutes
of this game approached the '46 Army game as a limit for
stomach-gripping thrills. It was the season's best display of
cool skill and daring born of the determination to do all that
was possible to keep this third game from being another one
touchdown loss. Something had to be done to make the score
more closely depict the brilliant playing of Capt. Dick Scott
and the entire team. It began with Duke holding the ball at
midfield. Duke's Fred Folger uncorked a scoring pass to Ed
Austin. It looked bad for the home team, and here began the
longest three minutes in football history. Little Ben Moore
came in to try for a kickoff run back. Taking the ball on the
5, he was almost clear at the 45, but that one remaining man
got him. Quickly the team huddled and came out . . . Home
to Earle for 9, then Hawkins took it to the Duke 40 as the
clock showed a minute and a half. Every man in the stadium
was on his feet. Two passes fell incomplete, then Home threw
to Earle on the Duke 20 ... 55 seconds to go ... an incom-
plete pass from Home. Down on the one-yard line. Bob
Schwoefferman leaped high to snag the ball away from three
Duke men . . . one incomplete in the end zone . . . ten seconds.

Jim Wills, extra point specialist. Roy Russell shifted from end to
halfback in midseason, did well. Guard Ed Golding did a lot for

the line. Reeves Baysinger ran, passed, and kicked, operated the
T from his quarterback post.

Quarterback Bob Home threw the Duke game passes, sparked
the touchdown drives in other games. At /eft. Bill Hawkins scoring

the first Navy touchdown, and at right, going over for the second,
both in the Duke game.

one play to go, and big Bill Hawkins tore through the middle
like a freight train. Seconds later a hush fell over the stands as
calm Jim Wills came out to kick the point that tied this game
and ended a ten-game losing streak for the Blue and Gold amid
the cheers of the brigade and Navy friends.

Cornell: We were on the road again, unfortunately for the
Big Red of Cornell. For once, there was power to spare, but
it was not evident in the first three minutes when Cornell hung
up a quick seven points. Then Reeves Baysinger scored from
the one to climax a 77-yard march in seven plays to tie up the
game. A 53-yard pass interception put Cornell in the lead again,
but an immediate 54-yard charge in four plays put Navy in
front to stay, and Jim Wills sewed it up with a 13-yard field
goal as the half ended. The second half was all Navy. The line,
led by Dick Scott and Dick Shimshak, was responsible for
holding Cornell to a mere 19 yards by rushing, while Bill
Hawkins alone ripped of 131 yards.

Pennsylvania: Next, we watched our team hold mighty Penn
to one touchdown, until the luckless fourth quarter. Something
was wrong. It is said that winning teams make their own
breaks, but Providence was helping Penn that day. Our line
w^as hot, and Art Markel intercepted a Minisi pass. It took a
lot of passes to set up the three Penn scores, once they got the

Billy Earl takes Baysinger's pass down to the 35 on the way to
Navy's first score in the Duke game.

Strongman Newbold Smith played tackle for four years. Bill
Hawkins off for a long gain in the Penn game as Schwoefferman

takes out the end. Roy Russell takes one from Baysinger. Speedster
Rook Moore had a high run-back average.

Leff: Jim Wills kicking the first extra point in the Gerogia Tech
game while Bob Home holds. Cenfer: Guard Bill Weir spelled

Emerson and Golding in the line. Right: Bob Schwoefferman flies
low over the middle of the Georgia Tech line.

Fullback Myron Gerber goes over standing up from eight yards
out for Navy's second score in the Tech game.

ball on Navy fumbles. Every Navy drive was stopped by a pass
interception or a fumble, but the game was not w^on until the
last quarter. Their third score came in the last eight seconds,
an insult to the scrapping Navy team.

]S[otre Dame: Only a few of us v^^ere lucky enough to see a
fighting Navy team play the great Notre Dame combination.
The Irish respected the Navy team after that game in spite of the
score ... it was a fight to the finish by an outclassed, but fight-
ing, Navy squad. Notre Dame did not make those touchdowns
easily, because time after time the charging Navy line stopped
their running attack and forced them to take to the air, where
Lujack and Tripucka held honors. It was a clean game; Navy
lost only fifteen yards in penalties. Bob Schwoefferman made
a nice stop when he shivered Lujack at the end of his long run,
and Dick Scott and Reeves Baysinger did some beautiful punt-
ing. The one really outstanding play by Navy came in the wan-
ing minutes of the game. Trying desperately to score, the team
was caught at midfield with four yards to go for first down after
a march from the 20 on Bob Home's passes, when Duff Arnold
came in the game, supposedly to punt. Seconds later, he was
streaking past startled Notre Dame players on his way to the
12, and when cornered there, he lateraled to Bill Hawkins,

Left to right: Joe Tagliente played hard in the tackle slot. Cal
Kileen threw left-handed passes from quarterback. Duff Arnold

did some kicking and made a beautiful run in the Notre Dame
game. End Harrison Frasier blocked a California punt.

Left fo right: Plunging fullback Bill Abromitis had injury trouble.
Hardworking Bob Smith fought to advance to first string end.

Guard Charlie Cooper saw a lot of action his first varsity year.
Bob Aillet played halfback.

who fought down to the 8. A fumble ended the drive just one
yard short of a touchdown.

Georgia Tech: We couldn't beat the top team in the country,
but we had every intention of making up for those lucky wins
Georgia Tech had taken from us in past years. It was no diff-
erent this year . . . there was a helpless feeling when we saw
our lead erased in the last six mmutes. The deciding points
came from a field goal as the half ended. The statistics showed
an even game, but fumbles were against us and we dropped
what might have been an avenging victory. Al McCully was
the star of the game, with his long runs eating up yardage all
through the contest. Gerber's touchdown from the 8 was a
coach's dream play. Everything worked perfectly and he went
over untouched.

Pain State: We need something . . . perhaps a victory to
match the one over Cornell . . . we needed a boost before the
two week's practice for the tilt with the Graylegs, but our
luck was all gone . . . even the weatherman was against us.
There wasn't a more miserable day all season than the Saturday
Penn State kept a clean record at our expense in the mud of
Baltimore Stadium. Our fumbles were not the cause, either,
even though the ball and the field seemed slickest just in front
of their end zone.

Cornell fans had given up hope by the time Bill Hawkins had
made the second half score through the middle.

This shot from the press box shows Bob Schwoefferman starting
a big gain inside end in the Georgia Tech game. End Art Markel

tucks in a pass and struggles six more yards in the Penn State
game.

The action pictures on this page speak for themselves. Right, above,
"Big Tree" Shimshak anchored one side of the Navy line.

Army: For the fourth successive year we saw the Graylegs take
the victory, only this year it wasn't Blanchard, Davis, and Tucker
who did the trick, but Rip Rowan and the whole Army
team. They were on fire and we couldn't put it out. Nobody
can say our team did not try hard, but the twelfth man, a
varsity member last year, was absent . . . this year the Army
team had twelve men. We started fast in the first quarter,
moving deep into Cadet territory, and got down to the Army
8 in the second, but Army did all the scoring . . . Rowan's
pass to Kellum in the first, Rowan's long run in the second,
Trent's interception in the third. We had a good team . . .
Army played a better game.

Chuck Strahley finally settled in the tackle position, opening holes
for fullback Myron Gerber's line plunges. Gerber was a great
line-backer.

Kneeling: B. Schniebolk, D. S. Allen, R. S. Moore, Captain L. F. Vogt, W. R. Kent, W. H.
Barnes, III. Standing: Lt. Commander R. N. Miller, USN, Officer Representative; T. W. Tift,
F. R. Carter, T. M. Gardiner, H. P. Fishmon, J. K. Walker, F. W. Benson, A. R. Schofleld
Coocfi Art Hendrix.

Left fo right, fop: Mike Vogt, number one man, and Pete Fishman.
Bottom: Tommy Tift, and '48-B's lone representative. Bill Barnes.

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The twang of tennis rackets meeting tennis balls marked the
end of the Dark Ages. This was the beginning of the great out-
door movement into the fresh air and sunshine of another Annap-
olis spring. Sheltered as they are between Dahlgren and Ward
halls and protected by the massive oaks of Captain's row, the
early spring sunshine was slow to break through to the chilled
racketmen. It's a mighty cold way for Coach Art Hendrix's
men to start their season. As the season grew warmer, the
shade was welcome for the long afternoon practice sessions
when the sun v^^as merciless on the main match court. However,
tennis is the sport that fits naturally with sunshine and tans.
It is the kind of sport that many can play but few can play well.
The good players are to be found on this page . . . the men
who represented the Academy on the match courts across the
nets from the best in the East, the South and even the Midwest,
and not without credit.

The leading doubles teams are on opposite sides of the net. Left to
right: Bill Barnes, Mike Vogt, Pete Fishman, and Tommy Tift.

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Halfback Eddie Armstrong does his stufF in these three pictures.
Top: An off-tockle plunge picks up five yards. Center: A kick-off
runback good for six points when Ed turned on the speed. Bot-
tom: John Herlihy was in position for down-field blocking, but the
line backer stopped Ed after a gain of ten yards.

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Two years without a single loss to mar a perfect record!
Two successive times the Navy 150-pound football team took
possession of the George Oakley Smalley trophy, prize of
Eastern Intercollegiate lightweight football, and the year 1947
saw the "mighty mites" really make an impression on the
intercollegiate scene.

The path to a second championship looked plenty rough
with the knowledge that the old league stand-bys were
anxious to gain revenge against the upstarts from the Academy.
Rutgers, recognized as the greatest threat to Navy supremacy,
arrived on a warm October afternoon to open the home sched-
ule. Halfway through the first quarter the Blue line opened a
hole and Captain Buddy Vance zipped downfield 71 yards
for the first touchdown. The New Jersey squad held on and
only once again did the "mighty mites" do damage. Fresh
from a rest at halftime, Ed Armstrong, playing the other half-
back post, ran 69 yards to paydirt. Much of the credit for the
13-0 win that started the midshipmen on the road of good
fortune went to the line of Don Stephens and Stan Mayfield
at ends, John Herlihy and Phil Nelson tackles, Herm Stromberg
and Dean Hansen guards, and Ed Rogers at the center spot.

Preceding the varsity Cornell-Princeton get-together at
Princeton the old grads turned out to witness the "little
Tigers" challenge the Navy streak. Armstrong carried Prince-
ton's first punt back 70 yards to score. Again he crossed the
goal in the second period and Vance followed with an 80-yard
sprint that left the Orange and Black behind 20-0 at the half.
The Tigers scored twice but the Navy team left with a decisive
25-13 margin.

Villanova ventured against the "mighty mites" next and
found there was plenty of power and scoring punch in the
Blue and Gold. Armstrong opened the scoring with a 35-yard
sprint. The Wildcats countered when Leigh ton returned the
kick-off 89 yards to bring about the intermission score, 7-6.

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The second half saw the 150's turn on the heat and leave
Villanova on the short end of a 26-6 result.

The Middle West was slower in adopting the new kind
of football as a varsity sport, but Illinois was an eager entrant
in the quickly expanding league of Big Nine schools. Buddy
Vance tallied three touchdowns and Carl Buck, just dis-
covered as another lightning-fast scatback, scored also to add
a 27-6 conquest to the laurels of the midshipmen.

Again the Navy running attack clicked against Cornell
University as before and several long passes assisted in a 31-0
rout of the Big Red's little brother. The track team's dash
specialist, Jim Murray, picked up two of the five touchdowns.
Gene Bowers, another reliable halfback, carried a pass inter-
ception for 45 yards through the whole Cornell team.

Penn possessed a poor record, but an especially tough line
and the "mighty mites," determined to finish a brilliant season
properly, found the going hard at several occasions. Vance, the
outstanding back in the league, galloped 65 yards for his
ninth touchdown and later plunged two yards to total 60
points in his last year at the Academy. The Quakers' passing
netted them one touchdown and the final score remained 26-7
for the midshipmen.

Bollom row: Comdr. A. Coward, coach; A. E. Conord, W. S. Gabriel, E. B. Rogers, E. S.
Bowers, D. B. Hanson, R. C. Vance, R. G. Tobin, I. N. Fraser, T. E. Alexonder, D. R. Stephens,
J. D. Herlihy, E. S. Armstrong, Comdr. W. J. Schlacks, assistant coach. Second row; G. E.
Swecker, R. I. Jones, D. S. Albright, D. S. Kobey, H. A. Stromberg, P. J. Sarris, P. D. Roman,
L. W. T. Waller, C. DiBenedetto, B. M. Downes, H. J. Bushman, S. G. Mayfleld, A. B. Cooper,
rhird row: Ens. J. Petit, R. E. Sivinski, D. M. Latham, R. W. Shannon, D. J. Woodard, M. J.
Schultz, A. E. Drew, E. S. Briggs, J. D. Murray, M. A. Zettle, 1. P. Deoring, R. M. Bossert,
C. E. Crowley, M. Menkes, monoger. Top row: P. J. Conley, R. L. Lowler, R. Siegmeister,
G. E. Leslie, J. J. DiMordo, D. J. Dunham, M. E. Hardy, C. M. Buck, C. C. Angleman,
J. F. Bladgett, L. C. Morrow, P. S. Nelson.

Bob Sivinski is shov/n booting the extra point after the first of
four touchdowns in the game with the Penn lightweights.

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In the spring of the year, the spacious confines of Thompson
stadium could hardly hold the many aspirants fighting for a
place on the track squad coached by the former olympic star
and world record holder Earl "Tommy" Thompson. The
stadium was unique in that it was probably the only one in the
country having a five-inch gun with accompanying director
within a stone's throw of the discus circle. Unique also was
the natural air-conditioning afforded by the cool breezes blow-
ing in from Chesapeake Bay, giving welcome comfort to the
perspiring athletes giving up energy around the track, in the
discus circle, in the pits, and on the javelin range. Strong
breezes sometimes had a hindering effect on the distance men
working against time, and just as often cut down the throws
of the javelin men. The stadium served also as the location of
the home games in football in the fall and for a variety of intra-
mural sports during the fall and winter, making the urgent need
for a field house all the more obvious. The track candidates re-
served the entire stadium for practice during the spring season
. . . there was no room for anything else.

In the northeast corner, the hurdle men and the longer dash
specialists practiced their starts beside the shot range in a
sort of side track. The shorter sprints had a straight run to the
finish line in front of the stands. During meets, the hurdles
were also set up along this west side. The majority of the

Assoc. Prof. E. H. Clark, assistant coach, R. N. Hall, team captain,
Cmdr. R. P. Fiala, USN, officer representative, D. S. Ross, manager,
Mr. Earl Thompson, coach.

John Davis uses his long legs to get him over the high hurdles.
Bob Berggren has to jump to make it.

Bottom row. Coach Earl Thompson, W. G. Ikard, B. F. Knapp, C. C. Angleman, B. M.
Jennings, R. N. Hall, J. D. Murroy, W. B. Hcidler, J. J. Garibaldi, C. R. Braley, Mr. E. H.
Clark, assistant coach. Second row: Comdr. R. P. Fiala, C. E. Dorris, P. C. Bronnon, G. L.
Siri, B. P. Murphy, F. H. Raab, S. Shapiro, R. E. Berggren, R. T. Ambrogi, R. U. Scott,
D. S. Ross, manager. Top row: R. E. Schwoeffermonn, R. F. Frost, W. H. Loomis, W. H.
Meanix, D. T. Ousterhout, C. A. McCollough, N. V/. Smusyn, J. C. Barrow, D. C. Larish,
F. K. Feogin.

Harvey Humphrey and Tex Lawrence, leading aspirants for
number one place in the javelin event, pose with their weapons.

The test of the relay team — passing the baton. Here Brad Daly
passes to Paul Hammer with practical precision.

Dick Ambrogi, mainstay in the dash events and team chatterbox.
Dick was a four letter-man on the squad.

Three members of the mile relay team take a practice start. Left to
right, Jim Garibaldi, anchor man; Bill Ikard, lead off; and Bill
Haidler. Garibaldi and Haidler also ran the quarter-mile.

Dean Osterhaut and Chuck Braley clear together in good form at
the beginning of a 220 yard race over the low hurdles.

Captain Dick Hall leads the pack in the two mile event in a meet
with North Carolina.

events were focused in front of the stands . . . the exchange of
batons and the finish line for distance, dash, and relay events.
Inside the track in front of the stands were the broad jump
and high jump pits, and the pole-vault pit. Toward the bay
were the discus circle and the hammer circle. On the far side
of the field but still inside the track was the javelm range.
The afternoon scene was one of activity, scores of athletes
strivmg for perfection under the able tutorage of Coach
Thompson and led by Team Captain Dick Hall, one of the most
outstanding distance runners in the East.

Distance runner Frank Raab strains on the last lap of a mile trip
against time. Raab also ran the 440 and the 880.

Dick Frost, Dick Ambrogi, and Jim Murray get set for the 220 yard
dash during a practice session on the track in Thompson Stadium.

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John Davis clears the bar at 6' 1" using a modified western roll.
Ed Duncan flips himself over the cross bar around twelve feet.
Newbold Smith shows his form for hurling the discus.

Jim Murray was a dash specialist, was shifted to the 440 event
after running on the winter mile relay team.

These men were the stars in distance running — the men who Icept
the cinders in the eyes of the opposing teams. N. W. Smusyn,
mile, P. L. Hammer, mile, R. N. Hall, two mile, and J. P.
Oberholtzer, mile.

he tempo of Academy life is set by the goings on in Bancroft Hall, for inside the grey,
prison-like confines of these walls Midshipmen sleep, eat, study, and spend their happy hours.

Under the constant surveillance of Tecumseh, ruling over the court in front of the Hall, Mid-
shipmen labor to keep their marks above that happy 2.5. The imposing Italian Renaissance
Architecture of Bancroft Hall remains unchanged through the addition of several wings. From
the white appearance of the first and second wings, through the greyer appearance of the
fifth and sixth wings to the nearly black color of the third and fourth wings, the growth of
the Academy through the years can be traced.

Inside the huge bronze doors of the main entrance the marble elegance of the Rotunda can
be seen. A flight of worn marble steps terminates in Memorial Hall with its parquetry floor
and ornate ceiling. Here, amidst the paintings, plaques, and busts commemorating famous
men of the Navy's past, and under the flag bearing the famous words of Lawrence, "Don't
give up the ship," a Midshipman is sworn into the Navy with proper inspiration. Here also
the Ring Dance is held, adding even more to the sentimental appeal of the Hall.

Directly below, in Smoke Hall, a Midshipman receives much of his recreation. Pool tables,
ping pong facilities, and a piano keep them sharp in former civilian pursuits. Over the rest of
Bancroft Hall are the plain but ample living quarters of the Midshipmen. Stretching length-
wise across the Hall on the basement level is the Wardroom Mess . . . longest dining hall
in the world.

Scattered elsewhere throughout the sprawling basement are facilities equal to that of a small
city. These deliver the mail, press the clothes, and furnish an outlet for the middies' meager
supply of cash.

The troubles, the joys and the worries of life in Bancroft Hall have moved from the realm of
reality, and only in retrospect can classmates, the struggle with the executive department, and
the hundreds of other daily occurrences of its halls, be remembered. However, these experi-
ences are sufficient to furnish grist for a lifetime of bull sessions in the fleet.

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Captain Frank Trenwith Ward, Jr., USN, Commandant

Captain Ward graduated from the Naval Academy in June, 1923, and
three years later he lecame a l^aval aviator. The next eighteen years flymg
and with squadrons on tkc USS Lexington and Saratoga engaging in avia-
tion activity ashore and afloat . On March 15,1 944 , he assumed command
of the USS Shamrock Bay. He commanded her during the invasions of
Luzon and Okinawa; for his part in these two operations he received tKe
Legion of Merit with a gold star. The USS Wrigk, which was his
second command, was commissioned in February, 1 944. On heing detached
from the USS WrigKt, Capain Ward reported for duty at the Naval
Academy infune, 1947.

Commander Carlton Rolla Adams, USN, Executive Officer

Commander Adams hegan his l^aval career with tke Class of 1930.
He assumed his first command in 1943 when he took over the USS
Henley. Upn leaving the Henley he s]^ent a little more than a year in
BuPas. He then hecame ComDesDiv 34, and following that he
was ComDesDiv 6. A short tour of shore duty was follouied hy
another i^eriod at sea as ComDesDiv 52. Commander Adams ivas
awarded the Silver Sur, the Purple Heart, and the Secretary of Havy's
Commendation Rihbon for his activities during the war. In May, 1941 ,
he rei^orted to the Naval Academy for duty with the Executive
Department.

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The changes wrought in the Naval Academy in the last four
years is nowhere more apparent than in the Executive Depart-
ment. In this department since plebe year there has been almost
a complete change of personnel, different system of training,
and a new concept of officer-midshipman relations.

Starting out on an energetic program, our new superinten-
dent investigated the regulations and traditions that had existed
for years and had been handed down from decade to decade.
Some of these rules had no more place in the Academy of
today than a set of sails on a modern battleship. Accepting
the challenge, the Executive Department rewrote the Reg
Book with the constant view in mind of satisfying the needs
of the Academy on a peacetime basis. The result of this work
manifested itself in the granting of more privileges to all
classes, especially in the matter of liberty. Further results
included a re-evaluation of our academic program with an
increased emphasis on the studies of a more liberal nature, and
the addition of a new course in leadership.

The disciplinary system has also undergone considerable
revision since plebe year. In those days our conduct w^as largely
governed by the proximity of an O.D. Regulations were a
matter of hide-and-seek with the officers, they themselves re-

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sorting to such tactics as hiding behind trees or waiting in
elevators for the regulation breakers to appear. Under the new
system many of the unenforceable and outdated rules have been
omitted, but the ones in effect are strictly enforced. The old
races between officers to see who could fill out the most Form
2's in a day are eliminated. Emphasis is placed on correction
rather than punishment in the belief that if proper correction
is made, the individual will not commit the offense again.
Punishment is reserved for the chronic offenders and in cases
where the offense was malicious.

The establishment and teaching of the course in leadership
is probably the biggest achievement of the Executive Depart-
ment in the past two years. In response to a definite need in
the Fleet the course was set up to discover what qualities
were necessary in a leader and how they could be developed.
The work was carried on with enthusiasm and diligence by
the Executive Department with benefit both to the learning
midshipman and the teaching members of the Executive De-
partment. The results were forthcoming immediately. A new
relationship developed between the officers and midshipmen^-
one of mutual respect rather than the stiffly formal and aloof
transactions that formerly w^ere the rule. It was now possible
for an upperclassman to address his company or battalion
officer in a friendly manner on any problem that was bothering

Commander E. C. Ogle, Assistant to the Commandant, is a
destroyer man. During the war he operated in the Solomons
Area and off the Marianas and Okinawa, participating in these
campaigns.

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Lt. Col. L. E. English, USMC, Head of the Academic Section of the
Executive Department . . . graduate of Nebraska U., veteran
from the Third Marine Division and the invasions of Bougainville,
Guam, and Iwo Jima.

Commander J. E. Pace, Assistant to the Executive Officer, came
to the Academy after decommissioning his destroyer, U.S.S.
Robley P. Evans, which he commanded during the war. His war
service includes nearly every important naval action in the Pacific
from the Coral Sea engagement to Okinawa.

Commander H. Q. Murray, First Lieutenant, commanded the
D. D. Richard 8. Anderson, before reporting to the Academy for
duty. During the war he served on destroyers and a destroyer mine
sweeper in both the European and Pacific theaters.

Commander Monroe Kelly, Jr., First Battalion Officer, commanded
Escort Division 78 before reporting for duty at the Academy.
During the war he commanded a P.C. and several D.E.'s on
convoy escort duty in the North Atlantic, Mediterranean, and
the Pacific.

Commander Fletcher Hale, Third Battalion Officer, commanded
the destroyer Sigourney prior to serving at the Academy. He spent
the war in the Pacific on D.D.'s and participated in the Battle of
Surigao Strait.

Commander H. W. Baker, Sixth Battalion Officer. During the war
he participated in the night destroyer action off Manila and in the
Okinawa campaign.

Commander W. F. Bringle, Second Battalion Officer, an aviator
during the war, took part in attacks at Marseille, France, and in
the invasion of Iwo, Okinawa, and the Philippines.

him. Even the higher echelons of command — formerly con-
tacted through a formal statement only — welcomed suggestions
and criticisms of a constructive nature on a more informal
basis. The net result of this was to place the midshipman on
the side of the officer instead of at odds with him, and to give
him the feeling that he was making a positive contribution
in the administration of the affairs of the Brigade.

So enthusiastic were we over the system, and so valuable
the results, that we were anxious to pass these principles
down through the Brigade to the underclass. When we began
thinking about our class policy we considered the previous
relationship between the first class and the underclass in the
light of the leadership principles we had been studying. We
decided that much improvement could be effected over pre-
vious indoctrination systems, and submitted our ideas to the
Executive Department for their opinion. Their response was
enthusiastic, and they further helped us in establishing some
of the new ideas. Emphasis was placed on the learning of
military discipline and the acquisition of proper habits by the
individual himself . . . the principle was to make the Brigade
a worthy recipient of the pride of its members, thus reducing

Commander N. G. Ward, Fifth Battalion Officer, participated in
many submarine patrols during the war. He holds the Navy Cross
and three Silver Stars.

Lt. Col. H. S. Roise, USMC, Fourth Battalion Officer, operated with
the 22nd Marines in Okinawa, and engaged in the occupation of
China ^ith the 6th Marine Division during the ^ar.

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The Midshipman's store . . . either uncomfortably empty or
exasperotingiy full . . . never in between. The function of the
supply department is all-embracing. The store, the dairy, the pay
office, the wardroom mess and all important information on the
ensigns' pay and insurance ... to keep all this moving is the job of
Commander Carey (SC) USN.

the amount of indoctrination necessary from outside forces.
When corrective measures would be necessary, they would be
civilly administered with an eye to improvement rather than
subordination. The Executive Department model of more
informal transactions was also adopted in our class policy.

This new system was based on the principle of leadership
by example. This again was a new^ concept and meant a higher
standard of conduct for officers, and the giving up of many
rates and privileges by the first class that were assumed by the
previous classes. It was felt that this sacrifice was well worth
making.

The success that the Executive Department has enjoyed is
due to their careful analysis of problems, a dynamic and sen-
sible program of improvement, and an enthusiasm that spread
from the department to the Brigade.

To take care of our bare necessities and furnish a few ... a
very few ... of the items of luxury, is the purpose of the
service facilities housed in Bancroft Hall. Rivaling the main
street of a small town, these facilities include a store, post
office, laundry distribution, tailor shop, and barber shop.

The store, in the basement of the fourth wing, is probably
the most patronized of any of the services. Here we have a
chance to spend our meager monthly wage, and purchase with
requisition our month's supply of soap, shoe polish, and other
items of necessity. Here also we can purchase our weekly
ration of luxuries . . . the latest Post, and a quantity of candy
and cigarettes.

In the back of the store is the bookkeeping department that
keeps track of the money we have spent . . . often too efficiently
. . . and politely informs us that no money is on the books to
fill that special requisition for the watch that was to be the
girl friend's birthday present.

Lt. Cmdr. H. P. Adams (SC), Midshipman Commissary and Pay
Officer, is responsible for keeping the tables of the Wardroom
Mess well supplied, and maintaining the Midshipmen's pay
records.

Lt. (jg) Beasley (SC), Financial Advisor, arranges the Midship-
men's budget, answers questions on insurance, and resolves the
financial difficulties of Midshipmen.

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The day of the watch squad starts with the Rotunda inspection.
The Company Midshipman Officer of the Watch gives the Battalion
Officers of the Watch the last minute instructions and cautions . ..
on their shoulders will rest the responsibility of a successful
watch.

To this set of midshipmen fell the responsibility of admin-
istering the affairs of the Brigade during the winter term. Theirs
was a job of responsibility without glory . . . the paper work,
the conferences, and the number of arrangements to be made did
not decrease from the fall term . . . but there was no glory of
leading the midshipmen onto the field at football games and
commanding the Brigade at parades and outside formations.

While infantry drills did not occupy the stripers of the
winter set, there were a thousand and one other tasks to be
done. There were blinker drills, room inspections, dope to be
put out, and the general inconvenience of being open for con-
sultation at all times by officers and underclass as well.

The difficult position of exercising authority and getting
along with classmates would be sufficient to cause frustration
in the most versatile of persons. Ever blind to the many projects
carried out with perfection, the striper's beloved classmates
are the first to chide when a mistake is made. Consider the
Midshipman Officer of the Watch. For a hundred formations he
prescribes the uniform, but the one time he fails to specify rain-
clothes when it begins to rain, the tumult is heard the length
and breadth of Bancroft Hall.

Manned mostly by athletes who were deprived of their po-
sitions of leadership in the fall set because of daily practices,
the winter set stripers maintained an undeniably good record.

FIRST REGIMENT STAFF. C. G. Strahley, Commander; J. D. Herlihy, Jr., Sub Commander;
W. G. Sawyer, C.P.O.; B. S. Dowd, Jr., Supply; J. Cowden, Communicationj; L. W. Mulbry,
Adjutant; F. W. Orr, Jr., C.P.O.

BRIGADE STAFF. R. E. Shimshak, Commander; R. E. Schwoeffermann, Sub Commander;
W. J. Laubendorfer, C.P.O.; R. C. Eaton, Jr., Operations; W. L. Alt, Communications;
R. R. Neely, Adjutant; C. P. Coulter, Supply; H. B. Moore, C.P.O.

SECOND REGIMENT STAFF. R. U. Scott, Commander; S. K. Moore, Operationj; A. E.
Conord, C.P.O.; E. N. Smith, Supply; J. E. Callahan, Communications; R. T. F. Ambrogi,
Adjutant; W. G. Brendle, C.P.O.

The Watch Squad is inspected by the OOW before, and by the
BOOW during, the day's duty to insure an efficient organization.

The hub about which the structure revolves is the Main Office,
charged with the administration of the daily routine.

FIRST BATTALION STAFF. R. C. Vance, Commander; D. A. Beadling, Sub Commander;
R. R. Dickey, III, Supply; D. W. Cullivan, Adjutant; A. B. Hallman, C.P.O.

FIRST BATTALION COMPANY COMMANDERS. R. G. Tobin, 1st Company; M. L. Childress,
2nd Company; I. N. Fraser, 3rd Company; J. C. Day, 4th Company.

SECOND BATTALION STAFF. R. S. Chew, Jr., Commander; D. R. Stephens, Sub Commander;
E. J. Gray, Supply; M. A. Weir, Adjutant; F. C. Johnson, C.P.O.

SECOND BAnAUON COMPANY COMMANDERS. T. W. Cuddy, 5th Compony; R. C.
Adams, 6th Company; R. W. Bates, 7th Company; W. D. Dittmar, 8th Company.

THIRD BAHALION COMPANY COMMANDERS. H. N. Key, 9th Company; B. A. Moor«, Jr.,
10»h Company; R. L. Ghormley, Jr., 1 Uh Company; H. S. Harris, 12th Company.

THIRD BATTALION STAFF. T. Woodi, Commander; N. W. Bullington, Jr., Sub Commander;
B. L. Daley, Supply; L. V. Delling, Adjutant; R. I. Henderion, C.P.O.

FOURTH BATTALION COMPANY COMMANDERS. R. A. Schultz, 13th Company; W.
Abromitis, Jr., 1 4th Company; R. W. Hanby, Jr., 15th Company; W. A. Kanokanul, Jr.,
1 6th Company.

FOURTH BAHAUON STAFF. R. R. Carson, Commander; E. M. Axtell, Jr., Sub Commander;
W. D. Chandler, 3rd, C.P.O.; G. M. Bates, Adjutant; C. R. Broiey, Supply.

Under the supervision of the MCMO, the underclass of the Main
Office Detail meet the visitors, answer the phones and relay

messages to the Battalion phone messenger. He in turn informs
the Mate of the Deck who routs out the individual concerned.

The Mate of the Deck . . . the man that makes us happy three
times a day with the letter from home. The only over-worked man

in the Battalion, the AMCBO slaves through piles of orders, chits
and forms . . . only to file them in the Sub-Commander's basket.

FIFTH BATTALION STAFF. R. N. Smith, Battalion Commander; K. B. Webster, Sub Com-
mander; R. M. Fluss, C.P.O.; J. L. Everngom, Adjutant; W. H. Harris, Officer Supply

FIFTH BAHALION COMPANY COMMANDERS. E. F. McLaughlin, Jr., 17th Company;
A. L. Markel, I 8th Company; C. E. Dorris, 1 9th Company; G. R. Engle, 20th Company.

SIXTH BATTALION STAFF. R. K. Russell, Commander; R. C. Allen, Sub Commander;
T. P. Cheesmon, Supply; W. F. Doddy, Adjutant; S. B. Garner, C.P.O.

SIXTH BATTALION COMPANY COMMANDERS. C. A. Fowler, III, 2l$t Company; A.
Mclntyre, 22nd Company; H. L, Jones, 23rd Company; H. S. Crosby, 24th Company.

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A strong America makes it our duty as representatives of our
government to hear every shade of opinion so that we can
recognize and defend the truth when we see it. We of the
Wardroom Panel hope that through our informal forum all
midshipmen have had the voluntary opportunity to strengthen
their devotion to America through its greatest weapon, freedom
of opinion.

This year, authors Bill Mauldin, Cord Meyer, Jr., and David
L. Cohn, Gen. Albert C. Wedemeyer, columnist Frank Kent,
F.B.I. Inspector John J. McGuire, and His Excellency Lord
Inverchapel have opened their opinions to the interrogation of
our Smoke Hall audiences. A gracious and humbling sense of
service to this Academy has been shown by these famous guests.
Without their unpaid kindness the Wardroom Panels would
have been impossible. Our fiiUest thanks to our speakers and
especially to our fellow midshipmen who have supported and
enjoyed the Wardroom Panels.

PUBLIC RELATIONS COMMIHEE. BoHom row: J. E. Nolan, N. R. Thorn, J. A. Dovi, R. Snyder,
J. M. Cameron. Second row; R. L. Farley, G. M. Bell, C. R. Braley, J. E. Deavenport,.H. N.
Kay, W. H. Keen, R. R. Neely, F. P. Schlosser, D. C. Young. Top row: R. S. Potteiger, S. S.
Fine, D. C. Henderson, W. H. French, N. D. Chaitin, J. P. Kint, R. M. Boh, R. K. Ripley,
F. R. Fahland, T. F. Blake, J. K. Noble, K. D. Moll, T. Petersen, A. J. Atkins, C. T. Howard.

WARDROOM PANEL OFFICERS. H. D. Adair, Jr., G. H. Sullivan, Jr., H. S. Holder, W. C.
Pierson. Kight, General Wedemeyer speaking.

Charged with the responsibility of "putting out the word"
members of the Public Relations Committee did just that dur-
ing the past year. Men of the "Press detail" worked closely
with newspapers, radio, and newsreels in their efforts to keep
the American people informed on the "inner workings and
hidden mechanisms ' taking place behind the walls.

Commencing with the summer cruise, during which they
edited and disseminated news releases and photographs to
papers throughout the country, the men belonging to PubRel-
Com have been assigned every type of Public Relations duty
ranging from spotting at football games to directing half-hour
radio programs.

During Army Week, members of the committee presented
five radio shows that were aired during the early morning hours.
Later in the year, the committee wrote, directed, and produced
a series of weekly radio programs presented on Station WASL
each Wednesday. The program featured all phases of Academy
life.

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In retrospect June, Nineteen Forty-eight . . . four years . . .
forty eight months . . . First Class . . . second class . . . young-
ster . . . plebe . . . Plebe remember ... it wasn't so long ago
. . . Mother do you remember . . . 1944 . . . Excitement . . .
confiision ... I was scared . . . proud . . . lonely . . . unsure . . .
Was it that bad . . . would it be the same now . . . was it
no . . . maybe . . . Remember . . . think
. "is happy to inform you" . . . PASSED
the letter had come . . . "Did you ever
Train tickets and packed suitcases . . .
kisses . . . handshakes . . . "Bye Sis" . . . "but Janey it's only
for four years" ... Be good . . . take care . . . good bye . . .
Whooooo . . . Clickety clack . . . Or w^as it packed sea bags
. . . transfers . . . Good bye Bainbridge . . . Hello Reina . . .

worth it . . . Yes .
back . . . way back
. . . "Hey Mom" .
hear that Dad" .

ribbons . . . dress blues . . . mech to middy . . . "three years in
the Pacific" . . . Trains roared over alluvial plains ... A bus
churned up the dusty road . . . "Thanks for the lift, mister" . . .
the same plot . . . different scenes . . . different characters . . .
but then . . . Annapolis . . . the streams blend . . . and move on
in the same river bed . . . twisting . . . winding . . . rushing . . .
then crawling . . . straggling . . . down Maryland Avenue and
through the GATE to . . .

Fill out this form . . . Age . . . color . . . Catholic . . . Jew
. . . Protestant . . . Parents dead or alive . . . Iowa . . . Indiana
. . . Coal miner . . . executive . . . childhood diseases . . . Strip
down . . . chest 36 . . . Did you ever . . . Jump up and down . . .
one two . . . three . . . click . . . click . . .D . . . M . . . E . . .
L...O...P... Don't take these glasses off . . . Carvel Hall
. . . visiting team dormitory . . . One day . . . two days . . .

Western Union . . . Passed .
THE SHIP . . . Right hand .
... I do!

Size 32 . . . tooth brush .

love Joe. . .DON'T GIVE UP
. sunlight . . . stripes . . . silence

. slide rule . . . sheets . . . shoes

socks and stencils . . . Ink . . . ink . . . grimy fingers . .

blotches . . . spots . . . smudges . . . stains and streaks . . . "Sir,
does this fit . . . it's kinda baggy" . . . pell-mell . . . helter-
skelter . . . harum scarum . . . upsidedown . . . Lonely . . . but
so is Joe . . . Joe was your wife . . . your friend . . . your buddy
. . . For both of you it was . . . sea stories . . . amazement . . .
skepticism . . . you both wrote Dear Mom . . . Was his pillow
wet with loneliness ... He laughed . . . griped ... He was
dejected . . . inspired . . . confident . . . afraid . . . But both of
you were proud . . . very proud.

Then . . . hulelp . . . two . . . three . . . foahh
left foot first . . . next phase ... By the right .
phase three . . . but, sir!" . . . Ringgg . . . ringggg .
clop . . . click . . . clap . . . slip . . . slap . . . smack

. heat . . . dust . . . heat . . . tired . . . aching . . . yipping
. yapping . . . "Change that locker . . . see this . . . DIRT
. behind the bed . . . down the drain . . . Get busy, mister"
. Scrub . . . shine . . . polish . . . spit and polish . . . clean
. spotless . . . immaculate . . . "Not bad . . . good work" . . .
you're in . . . you're one of them . . . Nimitz . . . Mitscher . . .
and you, John Doe . . . Midshipman, USN.

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go back to
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To provide an organization of such a nature as to allow mid-
shipmen to pursue their hobbies, and to provide for them the
equipment and space necessary for the pursuit of their hobbies
is the aim of the Hobby Clubs. Besides granting midshipmen
the use of workshops and equipment, the clubs offer a means for
the exchange and discussion of ideas pertaining to their hob-
bies and a clearing house for the exchange of the items of their
collections.

The Model Club offers a midshipman the opportunity to
develop whatever creative ability he may have. It maintains a

STAMP CLUB. F. J. Blodgett, M. N. Allen, J. G. Landers, R. G. Greenwood, J. K. Noble.

MODEL CLUB. Seofed: H. B. Meyer, J. A. Wcmsley, T. B. Wilson, J. H. Conable, V. P.
Klemm, W. S. Hanks, F. H. Welsh. Sfanding: W. H. Lawton, S. Buckstaff, C. M. Rigsbee,
H. C. Goelzer, G. H. B. Shaffer, D. B. Levisee, F. G. Hiehle, W. P. Kelly, T. J. Stolle.

The dream of every young man, a completely equipped work
shop. Here In the Model Club shop planes, trains, ships and joe
are produced with precision.

workshop in the second wing basement of Bancroft Hall which
is excellently equipped with hand and power tools. The only
restriction on the use of any of these is that a man must be
checked out by the Officer Representative of the Club before
he may operate the power tools. Besides the workshop, the
Club has been developing a model railroad room. However,
this activity is hoping to branch out on its own.

Probably one of the best equipped activities at the Academy
is the Radio Club whose workshop on the fourth deck of the
fourth wing of Bancroft Hall is crowded with transmitters,

Richard Beatty, Radio Club president, and Donald Mclver are
aligning a transmitter in preparation to putting it into service.

E. H. Ross and S. M. Williams trying each other's patience in a duel
of wits. This is a familiar occurrence in the afternoon.

CHESS CLUB. Seofed: R. M. Tatum, P. G. LeGros, secretary and treasurer; E. H. Ross, Jr.,
president; Lt. Col. Roise, USMC, OfFicer Representative; S. M. Williams, vice-president;
R. S. Moore, T. Gill. Standing: G. A. Barunas, J. J. Kone.W. N. Smoot, W. W. Rothman, J.
Miller, G. A. Bivenour, J. Wamsley, C. Buzzel, W. i. Kraus.

receivers, frequency meters, and other articles pertaining to
radio. The pride and joy of the Club is their station W3ADO.
With this, the members carry on correspondence with other
"ham" operators throughout the country.

The Chess Club is a group of midshipmen whose power of
concentration is their hobby. They meet formally once a week,
but a pair of the members can be found at almost any afternoon
in a duel of patience. Besides providing varied opposition for
the Chess enthusiasts within the Brigade, members of the Club
have travelled from the Academy to do battle with whomever
they can find to accept the challenge to a formal meet.

The Stamp Club, the only organized collector group at the
Academy, is a chapter of the Society of Philatelic Americans,

a nationwide group of stamp collectors. The Club offers a
center for the distribution of information concernmg stamp col-
lections rather than a place to work with stamps. The Club
has been successful in the procurement of rare stamps for club
members.

The presidents of all the clubs are elected by the club mem-
bers from among the first class in the clubs. The presidents are
Richard L. Beatty of the Radio Club, Jack H. Conable of the
Model Club, Ernest H. Ross, Jr., of the Chess Club, and E. C.
Castle of the Stamp Club. Each of the clubs has an Officer
Representative who coordmates the club's activities with the
Executive Department.

RADIO CLUB. Bottom row: F. J. Nardi, R. A. Brown, O. A. Wall, D. A. Mclver, Lcdr. J. M.
Miller, R. L Beatty, W. N. Smoot, W. H. Somerville, J. R. Lowdenslager. Second row;
G. W. Dyer, M. A. Zettey, C. R. White, V. H. SchaefFer, B. S. Granum, D. M. RidderliofT,
W. B. Stewart, T. W. Gillen, W. J. Dickerson, R. M. Still, A. J. Morency. tost row: J. D.
Venable, F. A. Austin, J. S. Frerichs, C. M. Rigsbee, R. M. Lee, N. S. Young, W. M. Truesdell,
E. A. Kimball, Jr., A. R. Ruggieri, E. N. OstrofT, J. W. Ingram.

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If you want something painted Blue and Gold, then the
Brigade Activities Committee is the one for the job. Their
specialities vary from Army mules to jeeps and chariots. Even
Tecumseh feels their brush when he dons his war paint.

The scope of the committee's activities does not end with a
versatile paint brush, it begins there. From their "Drop dead.
Red" introduction to the fourth class during the plebe summer
songfests, until the joyous No More Rivers ceremony June
Week, they are charged with the duty of Brigade entertainment
in numerous pep rallies, smokers, and broadcasts. The nature
of their work makes every task a "happy hour" and any of them
will tell you two things about it, "It is great work," and,
"Beat Army!"

RECEPTION COMMITTEE. BoHom row: E. F. Stacy, T. Wood, III, R. M. Fluss, Major Geibler,
H. B. Lipschutz, T. A. Ross, O. C. Paciulli. Top row: C. G. Kretschmer, J. A. Allen, V. M.
Duronro, C. R. Vail, J. R. Wallace, E. F. Shine, D. D. Johnson, E. P. Schuman, J. F. Klingensmith,
T. R. King.

BRIGADE ACTIVITIES COMMIHEE. Bottom row: W. S. Parr, O. C. Paciulli, Comdr. J. E.
Pace, USN; M. L. Norton, R. E. Goldman, A. C. Boughton, J. H. Scott. Top row: A. S. Bowen,
M. A. Patten, H. C. Arnold, F. W. Ward, R. P. Oliver, N. M. Tonkin, J. W. Maher, III, J.
Maclnnis, C. O. Wakeman, R. M. Roberts.

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Every week end of the academic year finds the visiting ath-
letic teams descending on Bancroft Hall anxious to wrest a
victory from the Blue and Gold. To make them comfortable
before their meets — and to console them afterwards is the job
of the Reception Committee. Headed by six first class, who
have served with the Committee since plebe year, and ably
backed by the second class chairman, the group manages to keep
everyone happy no matter how heavy the schedule. And in the
spring It becomes quite loaded, but with the help of the Navy
chow and pleasing smiles the hardworking committee members
smooth over any difficulties and usually succeed in making a
visiting athlete's stay at the Naval Academy a memorable one.

RIFLE TEAM. Soffom row. D. O. Campbell, f. A. Green, B. R. Weymouth, J. E. Niesse.
Second row: R. E. Smith, W. R. Broughton, D. A. Ellis, J. E. Edmundson, R. E. Engle, D H.
Corson. Slonding: Coach Johnny Branzell, J. H. Demyttenaere, W. J. Sawtelle, T. W.
Robinson, R. R. Monroe, E. R. Short, G. B. Stone, M. Kelley, Lt. Col. M. Adelmon.

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On the indoor range, Johnny Branzell an ordnance landmark
for thirty-three years, has produced teams that have been con-
sistently outstanding in a sport that should be Army's pet.
Twenty-seven years of coaching experience helped him to mold
the material received into teams that worried more about
Maryland, a civilian institution, than they did about the so-
called experts from the Hudson. Twice captain of the team,
Dewey Ellis was the most consistent high scorer on the squad
that was seldom noticed. They were noticed this year because
they won the National Intercollegiate Rifle Championship.

Captain Dewey Ellis firing a few practice rounds in the prone
position. Larry Dorsey demonstrates the most difficult position for
high scoring. Dennis O'Keefe is shown in the sitting position.

Seated: D. H. Corson, manager, Lt. Col. M. Adelmon, USMC, officer
representative. Standing: Johnny Branzell, coach, D. A. Ellis,
captain.

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Boffom row: R. W. Kennedy, E. A. Rawsthorne, D. B. Hatmaker, captain; Major B. W.
Giebler, It. Cdr. J. W. McCoy, Mr. W. D. Pennington, D. P. Helmer, M. E. Phares. Top row:
B. M. Shepard, A. K. Cameron, A. L. Stapp, W. W. Greer, D. C. Long, J. D. Butler, W. W.
McCreedy, W. B. Thompson, H. T. Evans, W. T. Marin, R. D. Whittier, F. A. Rentz, R. C.
East.

The only reigning undisputed National Intercollegiate
Champions, the Pistol Team went through this year's campaign
with a perfect record. The pistoleers, consistently firing scores
above 1360, were never approached in their tight collegiate
matches. All of the ten men Capt. Doug Hatmaker led to the
firing line for a match were capable of firing a score approaching
280. Of these Hatmaker, "Mac" Phares, Ralph Whittier and
"Hub" Evans crossed that barrier into the hallowed circle.
From the offerings of these men and teammates came the scores
which compiled total scores such as 1379, 1383, 1388 and the
range record of 1401, fired in the last match of the year.

Naturally the sweetest fruits of victory came from the fifty-
point victory over the Gray legs from the Hudson.

Captain Douglas Hatmaker squeezes one ofF. His consistent firing
was a big factor in Navy victories for four years.

In the stalls: M. E. Pliares, D. B. Hatmalcer, captain; E. A. Rowsthorne, D. P. Helmer.

E. F. Duncan, manager; Major B. W. Giebler, USMC; D. B. Hatmaker, captain; Lt. Cdr.
J. W. McCoy.

B. W. Bodager, treasurer; R. M. Tatum, president; Lt. Cdr. Vaughan,
officer representative; B. W. Bevis, vice-president; E. I. McQuiston,
secretary. These officers of the Trident Society guided its destiny
through the season 1947-48.

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TRIDENT CALENDAR. Seated: B. W. Bevis, W. Wegner, L R. Howard. Standing: f. S. Glen-
denning, Beau Gloss, D. G. Murray.

REEF POINTS. BoHom row: R. S. Lee, Jr., B. L. Daley, L. W. Mulbry, L». J. N. Cummings,
T. A. Ross, R. M. Tatum, R. L. Ghormley, Jr. Top row: J. H. Spiller, Jr., G. J. Klett, J. A.
Bacon, Jr., F. F. Gorschboth, K. J. Schlogheck, W. D. Shoughnessy, R. M. Ghormley,
T. S. Burns.

The literary and cultural organizations of the Academy com-
pose the Trident Society, which has as its purpose the furthering
of the literary and artistic activity of the Brigade. The Society,
through such mediums as the Trident magazine, the Trident
Calendar and Reef Points, encourage creative writing, art, and
publication work by midshipmen of all classes. The Art Club,
the Photographic Club, Christmas Card Committee, and the
Quarterdeck Society are also part of the Trident Society and
all work together to raise the level of culture within the
Brigade.

The very important job of coordinating the tasks of the
various organizations falls to the officers of the Trident Society.
These officers are members of one or more of the subordinate
organizations and must be familiar with the problems of all the
various societies.

Lee M. Marsh was elected President of the Trident Society,
and came to this position with a general knowledge of all the
activities as well as a thorough knowledge of the Photographic
Club, where he was also President. The Vice-President, Ben
Bevis, was well-prepared to help guide the Society from his po-
sition of Editor of the Trident magazine. E. I. McQuiston, Jr.,
was elected Secretary and J. E. Magee, Treasurer.

The resignation from the Academy of Lee M. Marsh, and the
resignation from the position of Treasurer of J. E. Magee led to

CHRISTMAS CARD COMMIHEE. Seated: C. E. Hathaway, J. W. McCord, E. F. Sfacy,
H. S. Holder, D. G. Buchanan, L. Dorsey. Standing: S. L Kunin, A. R. Schofleld, H. S. Crosby,
G. H. Sullivan.

ART 'CLUB. B. Glass, T. I. Kolstad, S. K. Moore, B. W. Bevis, D. H. Kahn.

a new election. The new President was Robert Tatum and the
new Treasurer was Bill Bodager. As a staff member of Rce/ Points,
Trident magazine, and a member of the Quarterdeck Society,
Tatum was able to step into the position as President.

This proved to be one of the busiest years in the history of the
Society. The Society sponsored poster, oratory, and writing
contests. We compiled a song book, we sent a delegation to
the Cultural Meeting at Vassar, gave financial aid to debate
squads, and worked on plans for numerous other activities
designed to arouse the interest of the Brigade in literary and
cultural activities. Their job was made immeasurably easier by
the help of the Trident Officer Rep. Lt. Comdr. Vaughan who
did all possible for the Society; as well as the officer representa-
tive of the various societies.

The Trident Calendar is one of the best known of the publica-
tions of the Naval Academy. Each Christmas hundreds of homes
look forward to a New Year with the Tndent Calendar helping
to keep appointments for families and friends all over the
United States.

A vital addition to any desk top, the Trident Calendar serves
as a memo pad and a constant source of humor. This year's
Editor, William Wegner, was able to present the Brigade with
a well-rounded mixture of cartoons, photographs, and impor-
tant dates. In this task he was aided by Ben Bevis who gave
freely of his valuable editorial experience. The problem of keep-
ing track of the sales fell to Lee Howard who managed the
finances. The art work was handled by Frank Glendenning and
once again the never-ageing stories of life at Bancroft were por-
trayed by the able pens of such artists as Hawe, Struyk, Glass,
Serrille, and others.

The bible of the plebe is a little book known as Reef Points.
Within its covers is a wealth of knowledge on Navy customs,
traditions, rules and regulations, as well as professional in-
formation on all parts of the Navy.

This year's Reef Points was edited by Terry Ross who spent
many an anxious hour trying to include all the necessary infor-
mation needed by the new members of the fourth class as well
as trying to fit it all into the few hundred pages allowed him.
In this task he was helped by Bob Ghormley, Brad Daley,
Robert Lee, Robert Tatum, Len Mulbry, and numerous others.

The financial problems were many and often it seemed
impossible to get out a 50-cent book, when the costs were a
dollar, but in the long run, the problems were all ironed out,
and one of the finest Reef Points was ready to greet the members
of the Class of '52.

The holiday greetings from the Brigade of Midshipmen are
provided by the Christmas Card Committee. Each year prior
to Christmas this group designs and views hundreds of cards
and picks the one most appropriate for the Brigade to send their
families and friends. This year the President, Scott Holder,

PHOTO CLUB. Bottom row.- O. C. Roth, W. H. Merrill, E. I. McQuiston, D. H. Kahn, C. M.
Howe. Top row: H. R. Flory, G. W. Hamilton, A. C. Friedman, W. B. Stewart, M. A. Zettel,
L. E. Branch.

BRIGADE LIBRARY COMMITTEE. G. T. Baizar, Second Regimental Chairmanj R. A. Cochran,
Brigade Chairman; E. C. Caitla, Firit Regimental Chairman.

aided by his Secretary, Ed Stacy, picked a beautiful card show-
ing the Academy Chapel. They were aided in their choice by
first and second class members of all battalions, who also ac
complished the big job of distributing the cards.

The Art Club members, are by all rights, members of all the
societies. Whenever a cartoon, sign, painting, or what have
you is needed, they see that it is provided. Major among their
accomplishments is the art work for the Trident magazine, the
Triicnt Calendar, the Log, Reef Points, and the Lucky Bag. S. K.
Moore was the President this year and with the aid of Ben
Bevis, the Vice-President, and those masters of wit and artistry
Richard Struyk, Frank Glendennmg, John Vmsel and Russ
Hawe, all saw to it that the Brigade was never without art and
humor combined.

The Photographic Club is another club which serves the
interests of all. Their darkrooms are always filled with mid-
shipmen preparing pictures for the Trident magazine, the Cal-
endar, Reef Points, the Leg, or battalion bulletin boards. Lee
Marsh held the reins of this society prior to his resignation.
Following his departure, the Vice-President, E. L McQuiston

of the Class of '49, took over and soon the prints were again
rolling out to all publications.

The Regimental House Library is the answer to the busy
midshipmen who cannot always find time to leave Bancroft Hall
and go to the Main Library for fiction, or for information.
Within each of the two Regimental Libraries is a wealth of
selected books. With the aid of the staff of the U.S. Naval
Academy Library, new books are picked each year and placed
in the Regimental Library shelves. Heading the large staff of
watch standers, Richard Cochran saw to it that both libraries
were operating smoothly. The first regiment had Ernest Castle
as Its Vice-chairman while the second regiment had George
Balzer.

Always an organization to make itself heard, the Quarter-
deck Society is one of the oldest component parts of the Trident
Society. This year Robert Neely, aided by Robert Ripley, saw
to It that the midshipmen were able to get enough of debating,
extemp. speaking, oratory, radio work, and after-dinner speak-
ing. Once a week the group met for a large meeting, while
during the week numerous debates between midshipmen were
held, while on the week ends debates with other colleges were
held. As usual the Annual Oratory Contest was the highlight
of the year.

Looking back over the season the Trident Society has much
to be proud of. Its best known organ, the Trident magazine,
has continued its upswing of quality and popularity. Its
Christmas card was the best and at a price so as to please a
middy's pocket. The Trident Calendar was distinctive as was
the society's participation in inter-collegiate activities and con-
ferences. The Trident Society is a living proof that the mid-
shipman, hence the Naval officer, can hold his own in cultural
as well as professional and athletic fields. Its activities were
climaxed by a showing of midshipman creative ability in an art
and photo exhibit June Week.

QUARTERDECK SOCIETY. Bottom row: W. P. Vojselor, J. L. Engliih, W. G. Reod, R. K.
Ripley, R. R. Neely, D. I. Lister, J. Sax, E. S. Iverwn, T. P. Riegert. Top row: M. H. Silvermon,

D. E. Tripp, Vf. M. Foley, C. W. Middleton, G. D. Moore, D. L Spraul, N. D. Choitin,
R. Glickman, J. K. Noble, R. J. Keevers, C. L Greenwood, P. A. Smith, H. M. Estet,

E. N. OstrofF, W. L. Buckingham.

Don Morris was Managing Editor this year, and some 20 articles
found their way from Sarinda, the Typewriter, to the pages of the
TRIDENT. (Don't let those two fingers fool you, he occasionally
uses a thumb.)

Beneath that friendly grin can be discerned one Lynn Loeffler,
Feature Editor and author. Move two feet to the right, remove the
scowl, and you will find one Bob Ripley, Literary Editor, and quite
a poet in his own right.

B. W. Bevis rose to Edinch via the Art Department. (Which may
account for the dreamy expression.) The five stripes tell most of
the story; all we have to add is that the TRIDENT has rarely been
able to profit from such able leadership or careful organization
before.

The staff of 1948-B has guided the Triicnt through a success-
ful and unusual year. Each of the year's four issues was organ-
ized along dissimilar lines as regards subject matter, and the
results were interesting in the extreme.

Last year's June Week issue, the first issue produced by the
B-boys, was devoted to a resume of Academy progress and prob-
lems, seen from the midshipmen's (or mole's-eye) view.
Indeed, it contained such a gem of an article that Captain
Ebert pounced on it with shouts of glee, and promptly incor-
porated it in his "Leadership" course.

The fall issue was planned under rather unique circumstances,
midshipmen thought out and wrote a large share of it on cruise.
One editorial was planned in Pentland Firth, started on a DD's
typewriter in Copenhagen, completed (S-s-sh-h! Don't tell
the OD! ) on a mid-watch in Guantanamo. Especial care was

Parallel pencils are respectively wielded by. Chuck Reid and Bill
Bacchus. Chuck was Assistant Feature Editor, and wrote articles
on the side. Bill was Makeup Editor, and the credit for the TRI-
DENT'S superb appearance is due largely to him.

Reading in the usual order, the three gentlemen below are Mr.
J. P. C. McCarthey, Mr. F. E. Duddy, and Mr. H. H. Lumpkin. As
"Bull Advisors," they saw to it that grammar, punctuation, spell-
ing, and phrasing were up to snuff.

Lt. M. Pond, USN, blue-pencilled our copy, pounced on spelling
busts, changed TBM's to SB2C's when the writer didn't know what
he was talking about, and was in general largely responsible for
the accuracy of our text. As officer representative, he was our
"preview audience."

devoted to make-up; even if no one read the articles, they sure
looked nice in print!

The winter issue had a single theme — a rather fore-boding
one entitled "Naval History from the Problematic Point of
View." As one editor put it, "We got sick and tired of stews,
so we nailed this one together. " Copper riveted it was, and
one of the best produced.

For the spring issue, the editors decided to see what could
really be done with stews. They let themselves go, and another
beauty hit the presses. An epic poem about a lady (the author
says she was) named Zenobia, Picasso, Pastuerization, and
trains brazenly rose from the pages.

As with all undergraduate publications, the Trident wends its
way along with two objectives hand in hand. A "civvie"
magazine is primarily interested in circulation, and editors and
staff develop ulcers galore attempting to please the fickle public
palate. The Trident works for a steady audience; Horace
Greeley himself couldn't make a ten per cent dent in the cir-
culation curves. S-o-o-o, the staff has the opportunity to "satisfy
the creative urge," as well as the opportunity to satisfy the
Brigade.

The pixie-like face above belongs to Frank Suttill, Business Mana-
ger. How we produced a $5,000 magazine on an advertising
budget of $3,000 is a story only he can tell.

Frank Glendenning and Ed (Emulsion) Meyers took care of the
subscribers who couldn't read. Frank's sketches and Ed's photos
adorned many on interesting page.

The boys get together for a staff meeting. (Okay, so it's a posed
shot.) Starting in the center and reading spiralwise, you will find
. . . B. W. Bevis; D. R. Morris; Loeffler (emerging from the desk
drawer); L. Seagren; Bulmer; C. E. Reid; B. Bacchus; E. W. Meyers;
and J. K. Welsh.

Jim Welsh and Bob Bulmer have successfully guided the TRIDENT
to its subscribers and advertisers respectively. In addition to circu-
lation and advertising duties, both have contributed articles to the
magazine.

The Exchange Editor, W. R. Hintz, procured the jokes for which
the LOG is famous.

G. M. Bell counted and distributed LOGS to the Brigade every two
weeks.

The Sports Editor, A. L. Frahler, turned out those potent sports
spreads found in every issue of the LOG.

The Art Editor, S. K. Moore, made many contributions toward
making the LOG a better mag, the best being his original cover art.

47-'48

Every other Friday afternoon, the Log staff brought us light
diversion and relief from our academic routine by giving us
their bi-weekly publication. The first Log ever to be published
came out in 1914 under the editorship of Henry P. Sampson;
since then, the Leg had oscillated from cycle to cycle, varying
from year to year in quality, quantity and content. This year
saw another evolution in what we call "our mag"; editorial
policy was established to standardize the content, and measures
were taken to increase the quality and quantity of editorial
content. Primarily recognized as the Academy's humor maga-
zine, this year's Log included humor, professional and technical
articles, fiction, notes from the musical world, sports reporting,

THE MUSIC STAFF. M. S. Shutty, F. Troescher, Jr., T. R. S. Ikeler.

THE FEATURES STAFF. Bottom row. J. R. Kint, J. F. Leyerle and H. W. Albers, Features
Editors; J. R. Walker. Top row: D. R. Osborn, C. F. Rushing, J. M. Cameron.

Seoted. R. D. Claytor, F. P. Schlosser, F. W. Smith, F. G. Baur. Standing. B. S. Granum,
A. Shartel.

Now the secret is out that the title of Salty Sam has served to head
some cryptic writing of Howard Kay during first class year. Howie
is gone, but not forgotten.

The prolific pen of Stan Garner has kept the Brigade in stitches
through four years of LOG humor.

guest articles and current happenings at the Naval Academy;
credit can be given to this hardworking staff for their efforts to
present an enjoyable magazine, interesting to midshipmen and
to their families and friends.

The staff, headed by Ray Gornik as Editor and ably assisted
by Howie Kay and Stan Garner, accomplished their objective
in giving us a humor magazine which contained a savory dish
for every taste. The Art staff under Sumner Moore was out-
standing throughout the year with their variety of covers and
cartoons, while John Leyerle and Hugh Albers sparkled the
publication with their feature articles. Sports, the midship-
man's second love and one of the heavier assignments to the
staff, was handled well by Andy "Pop" Frahler. Always a
concern to any staff, the handling of finances fell to the calculat-
ting and masterful team of Bill Keen, Greg Bell, George
Dittmann and Bob Kenyon.

To meet the deadline and surmount the clipping shears of
censorship, to publish the biggest Leg yet (Vol. 36, No. 18)
are singular achievements; and, the first class members of the
staff can depart with the satisfaction of a highly successftil year.

THE PHOTOGRAPHIC STAFF. Bottom row: J. Wassell, W. H. Harris, Phofo Editor; C.
Pearljton. Top row: T. Eagye, J. Johnson, H. Longino.

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R. I. Gornik, Editor of the LOG. Ray has done a great deal for the
magazine during his term of office as Editor, by adding that
Gornik touch to the makeup style.

Lt. Comdr. Young, Officer Representative for the LOG. Along with
his job as censor, Mr. Young has shown a continued interest in
the welfare of the magazine.

EDITORIAL STAFF. Seated: i. W. Moher, H. F. Tipton, Jr., S. B. Gamer, W. N. loor.'R. H.
Roberts. Stonding: P. A. lautermilch, Jr., T. McCreless, R. J. White.

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The Local Advertising Manager, R. E. Kenyon worked with the
merchants of Annapolis, producing ads and financial security.

The National Advertising Manager, G. W. Dittman, turned out
letters and turned in piles of national ads for the magazine.

"Uncle Bill" is the guardian angel of the 1948 LOG Staff. His has
been a trying position, keeping the purse strings closed to the
whimsies of the less cautious members of the organization.
When finances are mentioned, it's "Go see Bill Keen." He always
had the answer.

EXCHANGE STAFF. D. H. Kahn and Mac McGrew.

UNDERCLASS ADVERTISING STAFF (LOG). Seofed- R. E. James, H. G. Hioft, Jr., W. M.
ColdweU. Standing: W. H. Lawton, K. C. Gedney, O. H. Wore, R. W. Nichols,

ART STAFF. B. Gloss, D. Kahn, L. Serrille, H. Whitley.

CIRCULATION STAFF. W. W. Lasley, Ephraim P. Glassman, J. R. Foster, E. M. Kocher,
S. S. Fine.

Dick Bates, our editor, is a man of singular ability and vision. For
four years he has worked to produce a new type of LUCKY BAG
that differs radically and, we think, in an infinitely superior vein,
from all the past year books, and to him goes the major part of
the credit for what we have enclosed between these covers. His
unselfish effort and devotion to his job, coupled with his excellent
ideas, has made his a constant goal for the rest of us to shoot
for, and he will always carry with him the gratitude of the staff
and the class for a job well done.

Below: Bill Bartow, Editorial Assistant; Bob Huntington, Associate;
Quentin Wagenfleld, Associate Editor. Below af right: Commander
N. G. Ward, Officer representative.

TIE IKI! m

On occasions an editor has a chance to talk about his staff.
This is one of those occasions. The men on these pages are the
ones who have made this publication possible. I want to tell
you about their jobs.

As Editorial Assistant, Bill Bartow was tops. With his com
cob pipe clenched tightly in his teeth, Bill shaved minutes off
the schedule when time was of an essence. Bob Huntington who
is responsible for a huge part of the book, namely, cruise and
aviation subjects, proved his versatility by switching from sen-
sational photography to exceptional editorial work. In this
latter department Quentin Wagenfield knew no peers and his
work, namely, his dividers and biogs deserve the highest praise

Far leff: Jim Brunson, Managing Editor. Above: Charlie Mertz,
Associate; Elf Wainwright, Associate.

Above: Harold Lipschutz, Circulation Manager. Be/ow: Jim Miller
and Dick Smith, typists; Ernie Gray, Editorial Assistant, Dick
Higgins, and Max Hill of the mounting and layout department.

as does his later work on the Math, Dago, and Seamo Depart-
ments.

To the high echelon of command goes our sincere thanks.
Both Comdr. Monroe Kelly, Jr., and his successor, Comdr.
N. G. Ward gave us support and cooperation without which
we would have failed.

On the shoulders of Jim Brunson was carried the load ot
scheduling copy and captions. Reverses and delays, he met them
all with a determination and tenacity that carried him through
successfully.

Charlie Mertz, another quiet efficient page editor, handled
P-rades and the Drum and Bugle Corps with one hand while
his other penned the copy for the Watch Squad. Elf Wain-
wright writes with a singular style. His treatment of biogra-
phies, the Wardroom Mess, and the Ring Dance all stand out for
their pure brilliance.

Circulation and Harold Lipschutz; a success story in an in-
finitesimal number of acts. The play was well cast and Monsieur
Lipschutz was excellent in his portrayal of the successful cir-
culation manager.

To Jim Miller and Dick Smith fell the bulk of the typing. . . .
While his wife was giving birth to the Lucky Bag, Ernie Gray

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Above; Bob Buechler, Circulation assistant; Bob Styer, Associate.
Above iar right: Gene Moss, Business Manager.

suffered to take up the job of managing the household, to wit,
answering letters and ordering engravings. . . . My warm thanks
to him for his altruistic and uncomplaining nature. To Dick
Higgins and Max Hill fell the jobs of assorting and mounting
photographs.

Bob Buechler supported Lippy in the circulation success story
by handling the second regiment in toto. Bob Styer, with us
from the start, supplemented his earlier biographical work with
his fine work in re; the Bull Department and the Library.

As in any undertaking, money is its lifeblood and it is to Gene
Moss that we owe our thanks for his continuous transfusions.
Eugene and his financial wizardry have brought us through
wonderfully well.

Working w^ith Gene was George Dittman, who brought
with him a great number of entre vous into the world of adver-
tising. His was an unestimatable amount of help.

We all missed Harry Leigh after his losing but valiant battle
with Physics, Chemistry and their pitfalls. Harry Hinnant has
helped us invaluably since joining the staff two years ago. Lynn
Loeffler deserves a well-done for his work on the Chapel section
as does Joe Dickson who, besides helping with the captions, did
wonders with the Musical Club Show section. Chuck Kessing

Above: George Dittmann, Advertising Manager. Below: The two
Harry's, Leigh and Hinnant. Lynn Loeffier, Associate; Joe Dickson
and Chuck Kessing.

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Far left above: Pete Sherrill, Associate Editor. Above: Buck Struyk
and Bill Wegner, Artists.

Above: Ben Dowd, Associate. Below: Alex Todd and George
Moore, Circulation assistant and Photo Manager's assistant; Bruce
Meoder and Glen Brewer, Photographers.

who did a fine job on the Hobby Clubs, found out that all was
not peaches and cream in his field.

If Erudition w^as to be personified, its name would be Peter
Sherrill and aptly named at that. Throughout this book one will
notice some outstanding phraseology; those literary gems are
Sherrillisms. Onus ^rohmii — it lies in his dividers. Another of
the creative genius' is Buck Struyk, who, as assistant to Bill
Wegner, did some remarkably appealing work for this publica-
tion. Bill Wegner, a truly great artist, fulfilled the capacity of
art editor to perfection by both editing the art work and by
supplying much of his own work.

Front! nulla flics is appropos of Ben Dowd and his furor scri-
hcnii is evidenced by his contributions of the Hop page, the
Skinny and Steam Departments and the Three-Day Routine.

The Sarony Studios depended upon George Moore for sched-
uling the plebe class' portraits while Alex Todd helped Lippy
wade through the subscription blanks. To Bruce Meader and
Glen Brewer goes the Editor's thanks for their great work in
the darkroom and behind the cameras.

Bob Neely, head man on the sports assignments, was ably as-
sisted by Frank Schlosser and John Kint. To Bob, our sincere
thanks. Fred Jackson did a bang-up job of scheduling the photo
assignments. It was a frustrating job, but he handled it well.

Above: Bob Neely, Sports Editor; Fred Jackson, Photo Manager.
Far right above: Ed Meyers, Photo Editor.

A yearbook is in its essence a large photo album with each
picture presenting a story . . . Pathos in departed faces . . .
Comedy in the lighter moments . . . Pride in our progress.
However, as is the case in painting, it takes a great artist to
capture each story without distorting it. In Ed Meyers we had
such an artist and we are proud to present this book which is
but a background to his magnificent work. Ed's contribution
was not only in the pictures themselves, but it includes his per-
sonal sacrifices in time, effort, and academic standing. We, the
Staff and the Class, wish to thank you, Ed, for your great work.
Also our thanks to Ted Johnson, Bill Dombrowski, Al Pleasants
and Tom Saltsman who helped Ed in this terrific undertaking.
It is a job that has known no peers.

Last but not least are our file clerks and aides, Bob Adler and
Guy Shaffer who helped the staff no end.

That is the staff upon which I leaned so heavily, the men
who have made the publication of this book a pleasant task
rather than one filled with drudgery. Their patience, willing-
ness, effort, and genius is represented by every word, picture
and punctuation mark that lie between these covers. . . . Si
monumcntum rc<imris circumspcc.

Above: Ted Johnson and Bill Dumbrowski, Photographers. Below:
Bob Adler and Guy Scheffer, File experts; John Kint and Frank
Schlosser, Sports Assistants; Al Pleasants and Tom Saltsman,
Photographers.

Three times a day the Brigade forms as a unit. Reports are
made, orders are published and we march off to eat. It is a part
of our daily social life, it is an essential to health and happiness,
it is a bull session and it is part of the heart beat of the Academy.
It IS the time when the four classes are brought closest together,
it is the period of gripes, jokes and even serious conversation at
times. It is during meals that the plebes learn many of the fine
points of becoming a finished Naval officer. The Wardroom
Mess is our dining room, our kitchen and of the memories we
carry away with us, many of them will be centered about things
that happened here as we gathered to eat.

The Wardroom Mess is ours exclusively. Here we are away
from the ever-critical eye of the public, we are not on parade;
here we govern ourselves and we are proud of the standards
that exist. When we are happy, we sing here. When we are
nursing a battered spirit, after losing an important sport event,
we bolster each other with heartening remarks of the next time.
It IS here we fret under the drudgery of the long cold winter
months. Here, as a Brigade, we welcome our visitors and ex-
tend to them the hospitality of the Naval Academy. The Presi-
dent, Hildegarde, our fathers, our brothers in grey from the
Hudson, the Prince of Turkey, yes, even Bill the goat; they have
all eaten with us. At Christmas time we pile our plates high
with turkey and cranberry sauce, on Fridays we grin and
struggle through baked haddock and cherry jello. But the food
IS the first thing we will forget about the Wardroom Mess; it
is the spirit and habits that have been inscribed on us forever.

One of the midshipman's first official acts is to eat in the
Wardroom Mess. That first meal consists mostly of amazement
and awe. You can't help looking around to see if there isn't an
airplane or two stored in one of the corners. The unending line
of uniform tables is nearly unbelievable. And just where does
all the food come from. But it is only a matter of a few days
before the newness of the dining room has worn off and after
that it seems to fit just like an old shoe. Plebe year in the Ward-

... the symbol 0/ class umt)i mi of loyalty to the service. Following
a tradition started hy tk Class of 1869, the class elected memhers to
the Class Crest and Ring Committee to design and ^produce a crest.
This committee met and designed several, ^naU)! narrowing the numher
to three, which were put up to the class for a vote. Many people have
attempted to read symlolism into the designed crest . . . there is none
save those two mentioned ahove.

room Mess meant questions, wildmen, hundredth night, zoom
races, disappearing chairs, and varsity pie races. We were
educated here, for from our little green chairs we could bring
a square rigger about; we became authorities on sports, rules
of the road, Mary Haworth, the condition of that imaginary
lady, "the cow"; here we took music lessons and it is the only
place we know where they use bread pans as batons, here we
learned seniority and discipline. Plebe year in the Wardroom
Mess saw many laughs and an occasional display of temper. I
am sure whoever coined the phrase, "Never a dull moment,"
must have done so after an especially busy meal as a plebe.

But all was not frolic and activity for here, each day, we
united in prayer to meet our God and ask His guidance through
the day. Here beneath the murals that tell the story of our brave
brothers we humble ourselves before our great Leader and pray
that we may be worthy of the task before us. We realize that
we are not the first to sit at our long tables. We know that
there are those who have gone before us and that sitting in our
Wardroom Mess involves the responsibility of upholding the
traditions they have laid down.

Though we may eat the finest foods from the finest tables of
the world we will never find anything as fine and true as the
spirit of comradeship that we had in our own Wardroom Mess.

Once in our Naval career we are allowed to escort a ladv into
our Wardroom Mess. We will all remember it because it is
one of those unique events that happens only once in a lifetime.
Many of the girls who go with us to the Ring Dance supper
later become the Navy wives who have made a traditional
record of courage and service themselves. It is a night of magic
and our Wardroom Mess measures up to the occasion and be-
comes our palace for the evening. It is only a whisp of perfume
and a fleeting moment of femininity, but it is a binding memory
that associates our dining room with one of the memorable
events of our Academy life. For our Ring Dance escorts; for
ourselves; and for our classmates; the Wardroom Mess is only a
building; only cement, doors and windows. But if a building
ever lived; if a structure ever breathed and had a heart beating
within it; it is this. Each of us carries away a little part of it
in our heart and a little part of each one of us is left there
forever.

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. . . tKe jigwrelicai of tke U.S.S. Delaw'arc, 20, one 0/ owr wrXxisi
»nen-o/-iwir. TKe actual jigurcheai \vxs long been replaced hy a hronzc
replica. TecumseK is tlw great god of tujo-point-jive . . . tlie guardian
angel of the eternal bucket . . . and our most consistant rooter for the
annual Army game. For the resounding 'clunk' of one small penny on
his be/eatkere<J head, and a left-hand salute . . . tJte old hoy will
guarantee a passing mark'on any exam.

The memorable night began when we passed by the binnacle
containing water from the seven seas, in which our rings, large
and small, were christened. Then it was a short trip through the
ring into the best hop of the year.

M. A. Chiara, B. A. Moore, W. H. Barnes, III, J. M. Davis, R. W.
O'Reilly, W. C. Graham, Jr. To this committee goes the credit for
the success of the Ring Dance. They made the plans, supervised
the decorations, collected the money, and paid the bills.

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It's a man's world here at the Naval Academy. But once in a
while we get around to including the women in an activity
and when we do, there just isn't anything better. Such an event
is the Ring Dance. It is the time when we officially ally our-
selves to the spirit and purpose of the Naval Academy and in
anyone's life it is a big event. Though we may wander far from
the Navy, we will always be proud of our rings; the symbol of
a way of life that is unique to our group; should we choose to
spend our life in our country's service, our rings will symbolize
the class we built as best w^e knew^ how. We share this pride-
ful moment with the finest girls we know, our Navy drags.

Yes, it was a beautiful night; every star v/as out in our honor;
a light breeze rippled through Smoke Park and drifted between
the huge stone pillars that gave the Mem Hall balcony the neces-
sary romantic touch. The music was soft and sweet, the lights
were low; it was masterpiece of mood. It was the perfect
setting.

For many the setting was only the beginning. For many of
us this moment had been a long time coming. It had meant
months of waiting, with letters the only road for romance. But
the night was here and the occasion for our engagement was at
hand. Thoughts drifted beyond the music and the mood. For-
ward into the future; to marriages, homes, children, and life
with the girl who was then dancing with us. Other thoughts
marched forward to careers studded with faithful service, with
achievements in a chosen field that would serve our Navy and
our country; thoughts of ships, the sea and the life of the Naval
officer. For us it w^as the beginning of what we had held in our
minds for years.

It was an evening full of tradition. Each ring was dutifully

Memorial Hall was found to be a perfect setting for an evening
of such far-reaching consequences as was this one.

christened in the binnacles that flanked the Mem Hall staircase.
The water from the seven seas very appropriately smelled as if
it had laid under a Singapore pier since the beginning of time.
Each lady was officially welcomed with a kiss from her mid-
shipman as she entered Memorial Hall. As the band gently
played our Alma Mater and our girls placed our rings on our
fingers, the picture was completed. This moment would follow
us to our graves. It would remain always the significant night
of our four years at the Academy. We will return to it over and
over and recapture the magic that was created for us alone.

It was a night we hated to have end. But as the music faded
into an enchanting whisper and as the lights dimmed to noth-
ing more than a warm glow, we captured the moment's magic
to lock in our hearts forever. It was not the end of the Ring
Dance, it was the beginning of a lifetime treasure. The glow
that warmed our youthful spirit this night would return to in-
still in us the same youthful spirit whenever our thoughts re-
turned to the memorable night when our Navy drags shared with
us the greatest moment of devotion and reverence to the service
which was so much a part of us.

The credit for this night of nights goes to the hard-working
Ring Dance Committee. Their many hours of planning resulted
in a perfect background. The Spanish Patio, executed by
Building and Grounds, furnished us with the second best place
to sit one out. Smoke Park was the best with its gay lanterns
and white covered benches. The highlight of Smoke Park was
the string orchestra that completed the soft inviting atmosphere.
The wishing well that overlooked Smoke Park was complete
with water and bucket. The change that it accumulated during
the evening at least provided a topic of conversation for those
whose heads were in the clouds. The crowning event of the
evening was the weather . . . clear and warm for the first time
in many a ring dance. This in itself was an omen well worth
marking ... it was truly a night to remember.

Under the spell of the wishing well over gayly lit Smoke Park
troths were plighted and lifetimes planned . . . with the giving
and the taking of a miniature of the Class Ring.

Couples sit one out on the wall overlooking the sea-scape that
highlighted the Spanish patio designed by Ben Dowd. It changed
Smoke Hall into a spot we will not soon forget.

Dewey Basin

..I JLacDonough Hall is usually a midshipman favorite
from early in plebe year. It was soon found that drag-
less plebe week ends could be profitably spent here in
a friendly basketball game or a refreshing swim. Week-
day afternoons were spent here too . . . maybe for
a game of handball or squash on the courts of the
lower gym, a workout in the wrestling loft, or an enforced
stint with the posture squad high up in the tower.

Some of the trips to the gym were not so pleasant . . .
those P.T. periods beginning with loosening up exercises
were usually an ordeal . . . they exercised muscles that
had never been used before. The swimming tests became
increasingly grueling each year, and after the first class
test many swore that they would never go in the pool
again . . . but they did.

That the Navy has excelled in a large number of sports

throughout the years can be proved by reference to the
record boards and trophy cases in the Museum Annex
just inside the main entrance to the Hall. A knowledge of
a large number of sports is emphasized by the Depart-
ment of Physical Training as a requisite for a naval
officer. To this end the Hall's facilities from the boxing
ring on the ground floor to the fencing loft on the second
deck were devoted.

Just north of MacDonough Hall and situated appropri-
ately next to the seawall is the home of the Seamanship
and Navigation Department, Luce Hall. Here through
corridors adorned with famous quotations from the
Navy's past leaders, midshipmen receive the necessary
inspiration in their quest for professional knowledge.

Navigation theory, rules of the road, tactics and ship
handling were taken from the classroom to the Y.P.'s tied
up to the dock, in an effort to put theoretical knowledge
into practical channels.

Also situated in Luce Hall is the Department of Foreign
Languages. Here with the aid of modern training facilities,
such as recording machines, this department carries on
an increasingly important function. With more and more
emphasis being placed on international relations and the
understanding of other nations, the study of foreign
languages increases in proportion, for only through this
study can the motives and goals of these nations be fully
comprehended.

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Captain Edmund B. Taylor, Director of Athletics, came to the
Academy from duty as Naval Aide to the Secretary of the Navy.
His war service includes command of a D.D. in the battle of Cape
Esperance and the Bougainville campaign, and command of a
squadron in the Marianas and Philippine Sea actions.

Seated: H. Ortland, Jr., Ens. B. S. Mortin, F. J. Sazama, E. E. Miller, Comdr. R. E. Dornin,
Copt. E. B. Taylor, Comdr. E. W. Hessel, Copt. M. D. Gilmore, Geo. Sauer, Lcdr. R.
Pennington, Jr. Second row: C. W. Phillips, W. P. Bilderbock, J. N. Rommocher, V. Bradford,
R. Swartz, R. Ingalls, E. J. Thomson, Geo. Rassmussan, T. G. Taylor. Top row: J. Branzell,
H. M. Webb, A. J. Richards, R. E. Godsby, K. A. Kitt, J. Fiems, J. N. Wilson, F. L. Foster,
W. Aamaold, F. H. Warner, A. H. Hendrix. Absent: B. L. Carnevale, H. A. Muller.

The Mission of the Naval Academy states "... healthy minds
in healthy bodies are necessities for the fulfillment of the mdi'
vidual missions of the graduates. ..." There are many depart-
ments at the Academy working toward a healthier state of mind
and body for the midshipmen but the one that influences most
men directly is the P. T. Department. Their Physical Torture
program is inescapable.

An ingenious set of physical proficiency tests have been de-
vised and it is necessary for each man to successfully complete
all phases before he can graduate. Initially he has to pass a
strength test to show that he has a sufficient amount of brawn.
Proper coordination is tested by the obstacle course. The old
adage that sailors can't swim has gone by the board and swim-
ming IS a must. Swimming tests are designed to prove endur-
ance and ability. A normally active person does not have great
difficulty passing these various tests since the physical training
drills give adequate instruction for all phases.

Physical training drills affect a man for three of his four years
at the Academy. By the time he has reached first class year, he
has theoretically gained enough basic instruction to carry on
without further prompting. It's not so remarkable then that
most men do continue and follow some sport as a lifetime
hobby. There is an endless variety of sports handled by the
department, ranging from setting up exercises and tennis to
gymnastics and football, from volleyball and boxing to sw^im-
ming, w^restling, basketball and golf. No one can forget the
coaching of Spike Webb, Tommy Taylor, Henry Ortland, and
Chet Phillips among others. The instructors really know their
stuff.

The physical training program makes every man aware of the
importance of good physical condition and provides a founda-
tion to last through life.

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Bottom row: R. M. Tahiin, manager; H. W. Egan, F. A. Smith, P. B. Suhr, W. H. Barton,
J. C. Day, captain; E. F. Stacy, W. L Bryan, C. A. Peterson. W. S. Kremidas, Capt.
G. P. Hunter, USN, Officer Representative. Second row: J. W. Ingram, J. C. Stuart, C. W.
Hurd, R. J. White, D. L. Jorrell, R. W. Welsh, J. H. Billings, Joseph Fiems, coach; J. S.
Frerichs, R. R. Colvin, S. F. Powel, III, M. H. Thiele, J. M. Donlon, W. C. Doby, M. E. Lemelman
W. P. Gorski. Top row: O. M. Fourion, E. H. Woods, W. R. Kittredge, P. A. Smith,
T. R. Golec, A. R. Wright, R. M. Stanley, P. W. Utterbock, C. A. Brettschneider, A. R.
Phillips, W. D. Shaughnessy, A. C. Brady, P. A. Phelps, D. L Soracco, L AA. Serrille,
W. J. Whitley, manager; R. C. Rowley.

R. M. Tatum, team manager, Mr. Joseph Fiems, coach. Captain
G. P. Hunter, USN, officer representative, J. C. Day, team captain.

Number two man in the always victorious saber event was Bill
Barton. Ed Stacey earned two letters and was also a consistent
winner with the saber. Phil Suhr was Navy's number one foil
expert for two seasons. With the foil extended Bill Doby exhibits
the proper form at the thrust position.

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Fencing is one of the oldest sports at the Academy, compe-
tition having begun back in 1895 when proficient use of the
sword v/as considered to be a necessary part of a gentleman's
education. In the past eleven years, the team has lost only eight
dual meets out of seventy-one intercollegiate contests under the
coaching of Mr. Clovis Deladrier. The Academy joined mem-
bers of the team in deep regret when Mr. Deladrier passed away
early this year, leaving this record as a tribute to his ability.

This season the team lost but one intercollegiate meet, and
that one to the major rival of all Navy teams, West Point. It
was an upset, and the first victory for the Army since 1941.
The remainder of the meets, embracing both colleges and ama-
teur squads, were Navy victories with the exception of the
contest with the highly skilled amateur Saltus Club of New
York.

The best squad record was that made by the sabremen com-
posed of team captain Jim Day, Bill Barton, and Ed Stacy. Day
lost only one match and Barton lost three during the season.
The foil squad was led by Phil Suhr, Dick Colvin, and Bill
Egan. Bill Doby was the only N* letterman returning in the
epee event.

The epee and sabre squads were defending champions in the
Eastern Intercollegiate Association also having earned enough
points in the last tournament to bring the team trophy home.
Both sabre and foil squads were expected to do very well if not
win the Easterns this season.

Bottom row: Coach J. N. Rammacher, E. C. Waller, E. I. McQuiston, J. C. Kays,
K. W. Dunwody, J. P. Rogers, G. L. Hoffman, P. P. Billingsley, J. T. Metcalf, R. M. Machell,
R. I. Gornick, Coach Chet Phillips. Second row: Lieut. W. Blottman, R. S. Moore, W. D.
Bossett, G. L. Moffetf, R. R. Grayson, C. R. White, J. L. Greene, H. W. Jones, M. S. Bentin,
R. W.Peard, Comdr.J. H. Raymer. Top row: R. E. Dollinger, G. D. Bruce, R. P. Schneider,
G. E. Irish, H. I. Scribner, C. B. Lindley, G. M. Castelianos, W. H. DeMers.

Comdr. J. H. Raymer, officer representative; R. M. Machell, man-
ager and number three man on the flying rings; J. N. Rammacher,
assistant coach; George Hoffman, team captain and number one
man on both rope climb and horizontal bar; C. W. Phillips,
coach; Lt. W. C. Blattman, USN, candidate for the United States
Olympic Team.

Chuck Ransom performs a flank on the side horse. Phil Rogers
does a sole-circle on the horizontal bar. Ken Dunwody comes over
the top of the bar in a front giant swing.

The scene on the upper gym floor on winter afternoons re-
minded one of a three-ring circus, complete with flying rings to
match the trapeze. The equipment was crow^ded with people
competing for positions on the team in one or more of the six
events, with coaches Chet Phillips and John Rammacher more
often than not jumping up on the high bar or running through
an exercise on the parallel bars or the horse to explain a point
by demonstration to awed team members. Gym w^as not so
much team work ... it was individual competition of a type
requiring coordination and timing, strength, and the skill de-
veloped v^ith hours of practice. It took patience to develop the
sense of balance necessary in a tumbling exercise or a cut and
catch on the flying rings, or a back flip on the parallel bars.

George Hoffman was captain of the team for two years. Not
satisfied with breaking the World's Record time for the rope
climb, George developed exercises that made him number one
man on the horizontal bar as vv^ell. The team was strong in every
event except tumbling, winning three of the five meets, and for
the first time in four years earned those solid gold charms for
beating West Point.

John Kays does a one-arm hand stand. Pat Billingsley in a con-
ventional hand stand on the parallel bars. Captain George Hoff-
man, Eastern Intercollegiate rope-climbing champ, reaches for the
pan.

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JUNIOR VARSITY FOOTBALL COACHES. Ens. H. R. Duden, Cmdr. W. F. Bringle, Mr. Frank
Foster, Cmdr. E. W. Hessel, Mr. W. P. Bilderback.

8off6m row: Coach Foster, S. B. Neander, A. L. Frahler, R. A. Schultz, A. L. Jansen, C. E.
Dorris, W. G. Ikard, W. V. Moore, L. H. Derby, C. i. Baumon, Coach Bilderback, Coach
Hessel. Second row: R. B. Blackwell, T. P. Riegert, B. G. Stone, J. F. Trevillyan, T. J. Larson,
H. D. Train, M. L. Gillam, R. E. Goldman, W. E. Marquart, R. C. Mandeville, R. W. Goodman.
Third row: T. J. Kilcline, A. M. Sinclair, B. T. Wood, C. E. Bennett, D. C. Sattler, R. D. Harrell,
J. J. McNally, F. C. Houser. fourth row: V. H. Schaeffer, S. R. Foley, W. W. Lesley, W. R.
Wogner, G. C. Mahoney, L. M. Noel, W. J. Budge, fifth row: M. H. Lasell, G. P. Buck,
J. G. Stinson, W. H. Hamilton, L. L. Collins, N. M. Tonkin. Sixth row: J. T. Coughlin, C. M. C.
Jones, E. A. Cruise, J. H. Brick, E. P. Knox. Sevanfh row: E. E. Purvis, E. W. Achee, Top row:
G. H. Seeley, manager.

Beginning with spring football practice and the workouts
on the carrier flight deck during summer cruise, the fact that the
junior-varsity football squad was a vital link in the Naval
Academy's pigskin program was proven again and again. The
"J-V's " were included in the month's training routine at Whid-
bey Island, Washington, prior to the opening of the season.

Each week during the fall the junior-varsity gridders were
called on for practice scrimmages against the varsity players.
Often they executed the plays used by the coming varsity op-
ponents as reported by the junior-varsity coaches doubling as
scouts. Coaches Frank Foster, Commanders Hessel and Bnngle,
and Ensign Dick Duden all served in such a dual capacity.

Despite the inroads on their own practice time, the J-V's
fashioned an excellent team which lost only one contest in a
rugged seven-game schedule. The quarterbacks were even said
to make good use of the plays of varsity opponents in the Friday
afternoon battles, since the squad had been rehearsing them
during the week.

Above. Backstroker de luxe Tom Lechner awaits the start of his race.

Above left. Bill Kanokanui was captain of the team and a
member of the team holding the pool record for the 400 yard relay.

These three swimmers are distance men: Bill Rockey, Chuck
Sellars, and Dave Ridderhoff. Their endurance represents the
product of the long hours of conditioning necessary for the
grueling distance races.

The four hundred yard free style relay team composed of Harvey
Hague, George Cummings, Vol Schaeffer and Jim McEnearney,
are admiring the pool records. The fifty yard length makes the
Natatorium one of the largest collegiate pools in the East.

Once on the three meter board divers Henry Hoppe and Joe
Morrison perform with exacting skill and grace.

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Holders of the Southern Atlantic A.A.U. crown last year,
the swimmers ran into difficulty during the 1948 season, win-
ning only four meets. The campaign was very nearly salvaged
in the Army meet. The swimmers stroked and kicked to an
early lead which changed hands several times. Finally Army
emerged the victor by a 39-36 count, the closest score in ten
years. Led by Bill Kanakanui, there were many fine individual
performances. The Havi^aiian-born captain gave good account
of himself in both the free style sprints and relay. Frank Goul-
bourne and Chip Higgins in the breast stroke, Dave RidderhofF
m the middle distance, Bill Rockey in the longer distance races
and Hank Hoppe and Joe Morrison in either the one or three-
meter board diving were consistent point winners, as was the
relay team composed of Harvey Hague, Jim Crosby, John Ivens
and Kanakanui. Last, but not least, Tom Lechner battled the
pool record in the backstroke all season.

SWIMMING. Bottom row: Henry Ortiand, coach; H. H. Hogue, E. M. Eyior, J. F. Ivan.
W. A. Kanakanui, captain; J. S. Crosby, T. F. Lechner, Harvey Muller, atsittant coach;
R. C. Anderson, manager. Second row: Jim Sanders, trainer; E. E. Speaker, E. C. Higgins,
B. M. Jennings, W. B. Krill, J. W. Calhoun, F. P. Gouldburn, W. G. Lolor, G. M. Neely,
D. A. Hurt, W. K. Rockey, J. R. Powell. Top row: H. W. Morgan, C. B. P. Sellor, J. E. Mc-
Eneorney, W. S. Guthrie, V. H. Schoeffer, G. W. Cummings, D. M. Ridderhof, H. Hoppe,
K. A. Bott, J. R. Morrison, G. A. Bottom.

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Emil Eyier swam the breast stroke lap of the medley relay.

Bodies tensed, toes gripping the edge ready to lunge, are sprinters
Jlin Crosby, Dave Hurl, and John Ivers. The starter's gun will soon
soon send them churning down the pool.

Coach H. M. "Spike" Webb has directed many Naval
Academy boxing teams in past years and more recently the
annual Brigade tournaments. He has always produced a group
of diligent, scrappy fighters. Last winter saw the eight crowns
go to four previous winners and four none-the-less superior
boxers in the other weight divisions.

The candidates for the annual tournament in MacDonough
Hall all had a difficult path to the championship matches.
Training was almost entirely a matter of self-discipline, sand-
wiched in among a crowded sports program without the super-
vision given other varsity athletic squads. The boxers had no

Three-time Brigade champion Ed Duncan scored a convincing
T. K. O. in his 155-pound final. Heavyweight champion Lowell
Stockdale decisioned his roommate. Frank Roth held onto the
175-pound title. Bob Duncan regained the 127-pound class
championship.

W. p. Riggins, 121 lbs.; E. F. Duncan, 155 lbs.; M. J. Richardson, 165 lbs.; H. V/. Vincent,
145 lbs.; L. A. Stockdale, heavyweight; F. H. Roth, 175 lbs.; W. C. Sandlin, 135 lbs.;
R. D. Duncan, 127 lbs.; D. D. DeV/itt, manager. Kneeling: Coach H. M. "Spike" Webb.

MacDonough Hall was packed in February with a formally-
attired audience witnessing the 175-pound final between Frank
Roth and Walt Brajdich.

Bill Sandlin captured the 135-pound crown. 121-pounder Ward
Riggins repeated in his division. Dean DeWitt ably assisted "Spike"
Webb in managing the tournament. Hal Vincent triumphed in the
145-pound competition. The 165- pound honors went to an out-
standing boxer, Mort Richardson.

special diet and worked out individual conditioning programs
to meet the weight requirements.

Before the semi-finals, important preliminaries were held to
determine the 32 worthy entrants who performed the first of
two Saturday evenings in the gymnasium. The winners made
a return engagement a week later to vie for the coveted "N's, "
preceded by Coach Webb's Navy juniors staging a preliminary
schedule of exhibition bouts for 30-pounders and up.

Ward Riggins, Bob Duncan, Frank Roth, and Ed Duncan
repeated with excellent championship form. Ed Duncan, an
especially crafty puncher, captured his third consecutive title.
Bob Duncan fought back to gain the 127-pound crown which
he first took two winters before. Other survivors of the elimi-
nations were Bill Sandlin, Hal Vincent, Mort Richardson, and
Lowell Stockdale. Stockdale, the only fourth class title holder,
had the rare distinction of decisioning his roommate. Dale
Simons, in the final heavyweight match.

Credit for the success of the tournament should also go to the
many game fighters who lost out in the stiff competition, box-
ing manager Dean DeWitt, and the numerous midshipmen who
served as seconds at the ringside.

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Heavyweight champion Newbold Smith finally took the title from
O'Shaughnessy in the Eastern Collegiates. Captain John Fletcher
was voted the most outstanding wrestler, took the 1 45-pound
title at the Easterns. Howard Edwards, 121-pound class. Bart
Downes, 145-pound class.

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The grapplers this year faced the problem of increasing a dual
meet record of 38 consecutive wins. With veterans Newbold
Smith, Chuck Hathaway, Henry Settle, Bill Chandler, Bart
Downes, Bob Wisherd and many others, plus Eastern Intercol-
legiate Champions Wayne Smith and John Fletcher, agam team
captain, on hand, prospects for another undefeated season were
bright indeed. The team faced a rough schedule before the cham-
pionships in March, but Coach Ray Swartz had every confidence
in his veteran squad. The severest test would be the match with
Lehigh University, last year's championship team, which had
finished the Easterns just ahead of Navy to ease the matmen out

Bart Downes is declared the winner by the referee after pinning
his opponent. Bart was a regular in the 145-pound class.

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BoHom row: Mr. Ray Swartz, coach; It. Cmdr. C. F. Leigh, H. R. Edwards, Jr., W. D.
Chandler, I. W. Smith, B. M. Downes, J. A. Fletcher, C. E. Hathaway, R. B. Wisherd,
H. T. Settle, E. N. Smith, Mr. Karl Kitt, assistant coach. Middle row: R. A. Cochran, manager;
H. H. Drake, I. W. Dillman, A. G. B. Grosvenor, K. W. Schiweck, J. S. Bier, J. L. D. Cox,
C. DiBenedetto, C. M. Kinney, Jr., Bill Fallon, trainer. Top row: W. S. Clark, T. R. Mahoney
H. M. Boding, R. T. Fox.

of the team title which they had held for four straight years.
A lot depended on winning this meet for it would indicate
Navy's chances in the Easterns at the end of the season.

The Gettysburg match opened the schedule and proved to be
one of the toughest meets of the season, with no falls scored by
either team. A win over Pennsylvania finished up the unde-
feated season.

John Fletcher retained his 145-pound title and was voted
the most outstanding wrestler at the Easterns. Wayne Smith,
last year's 136 class champion, remained undefeated in col-
legiate competition though an error in the scoring declared his
opponent the winner in their semi-finals match. Newbold
Smith earned a title with a decisive win over O'Shaughnessy
to give the team third place honors in the competition.

Long legs gave Bob Wisherd some advantage in the 175 class,
skill made up the rest.

Bill Chandler had a tough time staying down to 128 pounds all
season. Chuck Hathaway usually wrestled in the 155-pound
division. Henry Settle tried out at 175 for four years.

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SQUAD. J. H. H. Carrington, T. M. Gill, J. K. Walker, J. A. Bacon, K. L. Butler, L. F. Vogt,
G. T. Balzer.

A newcomer to the list of intercollegiate sports, squash had
a fairly slow start. The excellent courts in the lower gym had
attracted many men, who found the sport an excellent form of
exercise when the tennis nets had been taken down for the
winter. Shortly after their construction the courts were utilized
in the intramural program on a battalion level. A group of en-
terprising men who had become interested in the sport con-
ceived the idea of using some of the developed talent to form a
team to compete with the many athletic clubs and associations
in the area. There was the usual difficulty in getting things
started and the kinks ironed out of the idea, but finally, last
year, the team was formed by competition among the interested
people, and played a series of matches. This year the planning
was more objective. Art Hendrix, the Academy tennis coach,
took over the coaching duties and the team became an official
sport at the Academy. Squash will probably become more
prominent in future years in view of the fact that it is an excel-
lent sport in which to indulge in later years.

Jim Carrington demonstrates a low backhand shot in a corner of
the court. George Balzer keeps his eye on the ball as he gets set
for a return. Joe Walker and Ken Butler pose in one of the lower
gym courts.

Tom Gill takes a forehanded swing at the ball while John Bacon
stands clear, ready to play the rebound.

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DINGHY TEAM. Front row: A. E. Waller, Jr., W. S. Taylor, R. M. Smith, Jr. Second row:
N. A. Amijfrong, III, S. E. Foscato, Jr., J. E. Baltar, D. G. Cluett, captain; H. Conover, Jr.,
L F. Eites, C. T. Brown, Jr. Third row: F. G. Horan, S. R. Krause, J. B. Foster, C. G. Davit,
R. L. Hartwell, Jr., C. G. Robertson, Jr., M. E. Leslie, E. Venning, Jr., G. G. Lone, J. L. Furrh, Jr.
Top row: G. W. Sumner, Jr., J. C. Henning, III, W. R. Cauder, W. G. Davis, J. K. Noble, Jr.

With the starting line at the dinghy float left behind, Whittier Davis
tends the jib sheet while Captain Dave Cluett handles the tiller.

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Diligent practice early and late paid off in five consecutive
Middle-Atlantic sailing championships. The year 1947 ushered
in the first Army-Navy sailing meet, and, of course, the first N
stars for the dinghy men. The teams of Cluett and Davis, Bal-
tar and Turrh, Conover and Sumner, and Estes and Smith were
among those who conquered the cruising cadets in that first
meet. The new Tempests gave more speed for the first real
national championship meet at Navy, held this year.

Rounding the first buoy Jim Furrh and Jack Bailor watch their
opponents' progress with interest. George Sumner keeps a weather
eye on the jib as he and Harvey Conover come "wing and wing"
down the last leg.

Practical drills as youngsters on board YP's . . . we got our first
taste of things to come "out in the Fleet." With flag hoist drills
underway, we maneuvered in company with other YP's, over
every wave on the Severn. In the same drill, our navigator, S. K.
Moore learns the fundamentals of navigation by plotting our
undulating movements. This practical side of our navigation
course gives us an early comprehension of the duties and prob-
lems we will someday face when navigating one of our Navy's
proud ships on the seven seas. As a checl< on the navigator's dead
reckoning, Dave Hartshorn takes a "fix" on an important land-
mark to determine our exact position.

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Our acquaintance with the Seamanship and Navigation
Department began just after our three-day routine and con-
tinued until that final Nav P-work of first class year. During
those first days of plebe summer vv^e double-timed to the cutter
shed to master the art of propelling cutters by oar. Salty chiefs
introduced us to a strange language . . . we learned what w^as
meant by shipping the plug, passing a stopper, and the disgrace
attached to catching a crab. Graduating to knockabouts and
sailing w^haleboats we again had to learn a new language . . .
this time there w^as the luff and the clew^ to be properly at-
tached, and reef points to worry about when the breeze stiffened.

Later plebe year we were again mustering for seamo drill on
the America Dock. Splintered docks and mashed-in bows were
the price we payed for not mastering the eternal puzzle of which
way the stern would go when we backed down, or fouling up
the bell signals.

When ice and cold weather blocked our ship handling drills
we were cloistered in Luce Hall and exposed to rules of the
road movies. We sawf the complete series, then saw them
through again before spring allowed us to resume our outdoor
navigation attempts. This time we were introduced to a larger
type vessel with infinitely greater dock-splintering possibilities
— the YP. On other occasions we sailed down the Chesapeake
armed with rangefinders, sextants, and three-arm protractors
trying vainly to keep an accurate running track of our craft's
position.

At the beginning of second class year we started our long
treks to the fourth deck of Luce Hall for our weekly Nav P-
works. The inevitable list of corrections over the loudspeaker
before the exam . . . the word "seats" . . . the ensuing mad
scramble to see who could put the first line on their paper . . .
thirty minutes of feverish activity . . . another correction over

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the loudspeaker overlooked before ... a mad erasing of lines . . .
thus was the pattern of those Saturday morning sessions that
became all too familiar. We piloted our mythical ship over the
charts provided . . . met with the frustration of fixing our po-
sition on some sandy beach . . . and later with the added con-
fusion of star sights felt lucky if we could even get a reasonable fix.

With first class cruise under our belts and the practical ex-
perience of taking actual star sights with sextants, we returned
to the Nav P-works with increased confidence . . . only to be
fiirther confounded by red and blue magnetism, aerial naviga-
tion, the Mark III plotting board, and H.O. 218.

In the meantime the seamanship courses were creating a new
source of frustration. We learned the hard way that the Sea-
manship Department meant it when they advised us to know
the General Prudential Rule verbatim.

The drills of first class year furnished amusement and prac-
tical experience. The penny arcade type of fiin had nothing on
us as we led our make-believe destroyer on a submarine chase
relying only on simulated sonar bearings and doppler.

By the time we finished studying Naval Law it seemed im-
possible that any situation could arise in the field of Seamanship
and Navigation that had not been thoroughly covered. On the
threshold of our careers as Naval officers we hoped that we had
learned our lessons well.

DEPARTMENT OF S & N. Boffom row: Comdr. C. S. Walsh, Comdr. R. C. Latham, Comdr.
T. M. Fleck, Copt. B. N. Ritterhouse, Jr., Capt. R. F. Stout, Comdr. B. P. Field, Jr., Comdr.
T. P. Lowndes, Comdr. D. Nash, Comdr. R. E. Freeman. Second row: Ch. Bosn. J. G. Gilyard,
Comdr. A. M. Ershler, Comdr. J. B. Denton, Comdr. F. W. Ingling, Comdr. D. L. Johnson,
Comdr. P. H. Biarnason, Comdr. E. A. Beito, Comdr. F. D. Michael, Comdr. A. B. Harmon,
Comdr. K. I. C. Keepers, Comdr. T. D. Cunninghom. Third row: Ens. H. Ortland, III, Lt. Cdr.
J. F. Trawick, Lt. Cdr. J. F. Lowson, Ens. H. L. Mize, Lt. Cdr. G. P. Stokes, Lt. Cdr. C. D.
McCall, Comdr. W. O. Spears, Jr., Comdr. S. S. Mann, Jr., Comdr. F. G. Dierman, Lieut.
R. O. Mink, Lt. Cdr. R. C. Porter, Jr. Fourth row: Lt. Cdr. G. L. Kemp, Lieut. W. C. Blattmonn,
Ens. E. G. Hanson, Lt. Cdr. V. A. Sherman, Ens. F. G. Bouwman, Lt. Cdr. J. J. A. Michel,
Lt. Cdr. R. Hartford, Lieut. A. L. Julian, Ens. M. K. Morris, Lt. (ig) F. J. Byzet, Lieut. R. J.
Clare, Jr., Lt. (jgl G. W. Mitchell.

Captain Richard F. Stout, Head of the Department of Seamanship
and Navigation, was serving as Chief of Staff of the Pacific Train-
ing Command v«^hen called to the Academy. War duty included
the command of two destroyers, a division, and a squadron,
and operation in the Guadalcanal and New Guinea areas.

A Y.P. drill with R. T. Goodwin as Steersman is an interesting
experience for R. B. Moore on the E.O. telegraph and observer
D. L. Hartshorn.

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The naval officer, according to John Paul Jones, "should not
only be able to express himself clearly and with force in his own
language both in tongue and pen, but he should also be versed
in French and Spanish." But times have changed — besides the
two languages recommended by Jones, the Department of
Foreign Languages believes that three more are also useful
to a naval officer — German, Portuguese, and Russian.

The first — and incidentally the last — choice we were al-

Officers of the Foreign Language Clubs: J. E. Draim, French Club;
H. Gurman, Russian Club; J. Montalvo, president of the combined
clubs; A. L. Loeffler, German Club; H. B. Barl<ley, Treasurer of the
combined clubs.

Capt. W. G. Cooper, pictured above, was head of the Department
of Foreign Languages until relieved early in 1948 by Capt. R. N.
Norgaard.

Midshipman Ed Meyers and Commander Adams greet French
Ambassador M. Bonnet, upon his visit to the Naval Academy.

lowed in selecting our academic routine was in the matter of
foreign languages. After making the decision we found ourselves
learning a new alphabet, teaching our tongue new acrobatics,
and saying things we had never planned to say under the
expert guidance of a prof with a sense of humor.

Before long we had learned how to say "Beat Army" in our
adopted tongue and found the correct position for the verbs
and nouns in a sentence. Soon we were presenting dialogues
and even dramas w^hich somehow always ended up in a riot of
laughter no matter how^ solemn the theme.

Gaining facility in speaking, we were introduced to practical
situations which might confront any Naval officer. We bought
oil from a foreign tanker, introduced a pilot to our wheelhouse,
and welcomed the health inspector aboard.

The Foreign Languages Club furnished us an opportunity to
further master our language. Here we saw movies which intro-

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FOREIGN LANGUAGE DEPARTMENT. Front row: Assoc. Prof. A. R. Hofler, Professor A.
Cabrillo-Vaiquei, Senior Professor N. H. Winchell, Captain W. G. Cooper, USN, (Head
of Deportment); Captain R. N. Norgoord, USN, (Executive Officer); Professor G. E.
Stornes, Assoc. Prof. W. H. Sewell, Assoc. Prof. R. F. Muller. Second row: Comdr. J. C.
Eliot, Asst. Prof. O. Ferndndei, Asst. Prof. W. X. Welsh, Assoc. Prof. H. W. Drexel, Asst.
Prof. P. M. Beadle, Assoc. Prof. C. P. Lemieux, Asst. Prof. W. H. Berry, Asst. Prof. J. D.
Yarbro, Comdr. H. A. Lamar, Asst. Prof. W. H. BufFum. Third row: Asst. Prof. C. R. Michaud,
Instructor G. J. Riccio, Instructor J. E. Griffiths, Instructor E. H. Toliaferro, Asst. Prof. C. A.
Pritchard, Asst. Prof. E. T. Heise, Lieut. Comdr. H. D. Dovison, USN, Instructor H. R. Keller, Jr.,
Instructor J. P. d'Elia. Bock row: Asst. Prof. J. H. Elsdon, Lieut. Comdr. H. B. Seim, USN,
Instructor K. P. Roderbourg, Instructor K. E. Lappin, Instructor E. i. Sotterthwaite, Asst. Prof.
W. W. Sewell, Commander W. J. Giles, Jr., USN.

duced to US the customs and idioms of the country . . . heard
our voices on a recorder speaking a strange language . . . and
sang with great gusto that nation's equivalent of "Sweet
Adeline.

The Royal Danish Navy Frigate, Holger Oanske, on Its summer
cruise paid us a visit. Two Danish Midshipmen escort B. C. Taylor
and E. N. Wells on a tour of their ship.

"Enchante, monsieur!" Midshipmen R. H. Meenan, C. E. Hatha-
way, and W. E. Johnston learn how to introduce one another in
French. Practical instruction in foreign languages is stressed with
a foresight to dealings with foreign naval officers.

Midshipmen John W. McCord, Kenneth Mills, R.N., and Charles
Hathaway enjoy dinner aboard the H.M.S. Sheffield upon the
visit of the British midshipmen to the Naval Academy.

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.pproaching the Academy from the seaward side, the first noticeable
object is the station ship, Reina Mercedes. This well-preserved reminder of the
Spanish American War serves as the administrative center of the station,
flies the flag of the Superintendent, Admiral Holloway.

From the Reina extending shoreward is Reina Dock, the starting point of our
cruises and the place to catch a ferry to the north shore. Proceeding down the
dock we pass the foremast of the historic battleship Maine, and by saluting
batteries that Are a round each night at 2200 in commemoration of the sinking
of this ship at that fateful hour.

Along Santee Road to our left is Santee Basin, where the sleek-lined star boats
are moored. To landward is Farragut Field, perhaps the most versatile of all
the fields in the yard. Here in the "Damn the Torpedoes" attitude of its namesake
are found the hard fought battles of company, batt., J. V., and varsity teams.
Early plebe year we knew Farragut Field and also cursed it . . . for here in
the midst of choking dust we learned the fundamentals of infantry drill. In the
Fall, however, we forgot our aversion to it as we played batt. football on what
little turf was left, or watched the lacrosse team subdue their opponents.

Skirting the field is the ill-famed commando course whose fiendish obstacles
frustrated even the strongest. There was no easy way ... no escaping
getting sand in your shoes, rolling through a mud puddle, or scraping your
shins on the rope climb ... it was just a matter of determination and guts.

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BoHom row: M. N. Allen, C. P. Coulter, E. A. Cruise, J. H. L. Chambers, R. A. Schultz, A. L.
Morkel, O. A. Woll, A. A. Schaufelberger, E. W. Page, C. R. Smith, R. H. Seth. Second row:
Dinty Moore (coach), J. B. Pleasants, P. Vladessa, E. C. Waller, P. F. Stephenson, R. C.
Agnew, R. E. Sivinski, W. F. Brown, G. A. P. Haynes, W. Valencia, H. H. Hoppe, Mr. J. H.
Donohue (coach). Third row: Lt. Comdr. R. R. Carter, W. C. Cobb, L. R. Bendell, N. Vytlocil,
W. T. Rossieur, W. T. Emery, R. C. Needhom, C. L. Stiles, S. G. Cooper, J. B. Brown, Ens.
Swede Hanson. Top row: C. S. Hooper, R. E. Melhorn, R. B. Plank, H. I. Hussman, J. B.
Howard, J. J. McNolly, W. E. HofT, G. W. Dyer.

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Smiling team captain Art Markel, rugged defense Ail-American,
scattered opposing attacic men when they got near the Navy goal.

Farragut Field was not only the practice ground for the
variety of football teams and the location of many of the intra-
mural sports, but also was the proving ground for the Navy
contribution to the lacrosse league. Lacrosse was popular in
Maryland; grammar school kids played the game almost as soon
as they started to school, and this made it a tough league with
teams like Johns Hopkins and Maryland, typical examples of
competition. The Academy team produced its share of All-
Americans and took its share of championships, however, and
the sport stayed popular with Academy fans.

Lacrosse was rough, fast and grueling, but the players dressed
with that in mind. Helmets with wire frames in front protected
the head and face, sponge rubber pads covered shoulders and
arms, and huge padded gloves prevented mashed fingers and
w^rists. The best protection was speed and nimbleness, but
padding helped. It was not a rare sight to see a stick crash into
a helmet or glance off a glove or shoulder. A game looked like

Nick Vytlacil made a strong bid for a starting berth as defenseman.
Al Schaufelberger landed on the first string midfield. C. R. Smith
was one of the many experienced attack men. Bob Tobin was
fast, a veteran attack man.

a legal riot, but was far from being that disorderly. It took a
combination of speed and nimbleness for stick-dodging. It
required skill in handling the stick and holding or passing the
ball while charging down the field, or to scoup up a dead ball
while running at full speed or catch it in the net. It took prac-
tice and precision to toss the ball through a tight defense of
sticks and bodies, past the sharp eyes of a goalie with a basket
to help him stop the shot, and into the goal for a score while
dodging the swinging sticks of the other team.

This year's team boasted one of the best goalies in the busi-
ness in Dick Seth. His stops of opponent's shots saved many a
game, when the defense, composed of team captain Art Markel,
Bob Carson, and Dutch Schultz gave opposing attack men a
chance to shoot. The midfield and attack developed rapidly
from last year's lettermen around stars Lee Chambers, Chuck
Coulter, and Pete FuUenwider, with Milt Allen and others in
reserve, and as usual Coach Dinney Moore fielded a respectable
team.

Lee Chambers made the All-American team, was leading goal-
maker on the team. Bob Carroll was a much used substitute at
attack. A ground pick-up is demonstrated by Ed Waller, a mid-
fielder. Pete Fullinwider was hampered by injuries.

Ens. Swede Hanson; Mr. J. H. Donahue, assistant coach; Lt. Comdr.
R. R. Carter, assistant coach; Mr. W. H. Moore, coach; H. K.
Gates, manager; A. L. Markel, team captain.

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A Maryland defense man tries unsuccessfully to block a goal
attempt by Lee Chambers. It's up to the goalie now.

An attack man par excellence, Charlie Coulter was fast and
deceptive.

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A view of the action around the Army goal in last year's game.
Army's defense has been drawn away.

Midfielder Ed Page played as much as the starters did. Bob
Sivinski won his letter as an attack man during his first season.
Charles Hooper played attack on last year's plebe team.

Letterman Bob Needham played defense behind Markel and
Carson.

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MiHon Allen was fast and shifty at midfleld, deceptive when
charging downfleld evading would-be protectors, a good passer.

There was a lot of momentum in big Jim Carrington's charges.
Army's inside defense was caught off balance as Navy goes thro*.

Charging Bob Carson gave the opposition plenty to worry about
when they crossed the midfleld stripe to tangle with Navy.

Goalie Dick Seth ruined a perfect shot by a disappointed Johns
Hopkins man. He was an expert at stopping such tries.

Dutch Schultz was known for breaking up an attack by a clever
steal or interception and lugging the ball to safety.

The Navy defense was plenty tight but goalie Seth keeps his eye
on the ball. This one was way over the top.

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Those gloves were big and soft-looking, but a strong arm could
shove them hard enough to hurt a tender nose.

It wasn't at all uncommon to call for help in getting out of the
pool after a relay or a sprint.

Plenty tired already but this is only the beginning of a long hard
race up hills and through the woods.

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Not all of us could win an N, even in a single sport, but the
thirst for healthy competition (and the Sports Program ) routed
us out in large numbers. The afternoons were often short, but
nothing stopped at dusk . . . they just turned on the lights.
When one gets dow^n to it, there were large numbers of those
sportsmen, though perhaps not the best of athletes, but who
nevertheless found intramural sports a more satisfactory answer
to the problem of urging the clock than the inactivity and stag-
nation of the radiator squad. There was even a better variety
than the varsity could boast, and the development of personal
spirit, as evidenced by the pride in a bathrobe covered with
numerals, was only one of the benefits, which also included a
healthier body and mind. The sports program was designed
for just those accomplishments ... a building of the competi-
tive spirit and a basis for forming good habits for increased
efficiency through a healthy body and mind for the benefit of
those of us vv^ho were too little or too slow or too unskilled to
compete on varsity squads.

There were sports for every season, both indoors and out.
There were days during those long cold winters when many
wished they had been more sensible and had chosen a sport
designed for indoors . . . cold hands and noses hurt a lot more
than warm ones when subjected to spirited intramural action.
And as the season progressed the atmosphere of Holland Field,
scene of the football battles, changed from choking, dust-
saturated air to one of wet, clinging mud. However, neither
was able to alter the spirit or reduce the savageness of these
contests. There were no trainers or helpers with clean jerseys
. . . only the plebes too small to play, bringing out water to
wash away the mud from parched lips. Such succor, however,
was reserved for games . . . those coaches were merciless.

There were more dignified sports, too, such as golf, the
gentleman's game. Remembered are the lost balls, the hungry
creek, and those infernal sand traps, always at the edge of the
smooth surface of the green. Here was a game of control and
skill, but one that satisfied the need for exercise and fresh air.

It doesn't look hard but after two minutes it felt like there was
cotton in your mouth and lead in your veins.

and furnished the thrill of a match that was often decided at
the very end of the contest.

Carrying their boat over their heads, eight men, followed
by a boy coxswain, would leave the Dorsey Creek boathouse,
and setting the boat in the water, would prepare for a grueling
race without benefit of a training diet or a professional coach.
It was a sport for men who became better men.

But perhaps that can be said of other sports as well. To
name a few: boxing, wrestling, lacrosse, and fieldball, a sub-
stitute for the hazardous pushball, all contests involving brawn
and speed, and containing a large dose of the contact theme,
that old personal touch where it was man against man. There
were sports for real muscle building and for coordination, such
as gym, by no means the least of the sources of that springy
step and full chest of the athletically-minded. For speed and
quickness of eye, there were squash, tennis, fencing, and even
ping-pong for those lacking brawn.

To facilitate the movement indoors in the winter, we had
swimming and water-polo for the long-winded, basketball for
the shifty, and bowling. In the balmy days of spring we moved
out into the fresh air again for softball and track. Some sports
go unmentioned but not forgotten. Most of us were not famous
athletes outside our companies or battalions, but we were not
lacking in the competitive spirit or the benefits of fresh air and
health. We are indebted to the intramural program for those
things that we shall feel in later years when the aggressive
spirit remains to remind us of spare-time activities.

The training derived from the sports program goes beyond
muscle, coordination and skill. One of the first duties a gradu-
ate may look forward to is that of athletic officer, or on a larger
ship, one of his assistants. The ability to train men in athletics^
manage their teams, keep up their morale and will to win, and
to lead them in deep knee bends and arms circle forward at
quarters, is one which the junior officer will use constantly.
To many of us the intramural sports program afforded the prov-
ing ground for those skills demonstrated to us at early plebe
physical training drills and outlined in the seldom studied
Physical Training Manual. To the man that was interested in
learning to lead small groups of men, the sports program was
invaluable, and to it the Navy to no mean extent, owes its high
physical and moral stamina.

Hospital Point was a big arena — soccer, lacrosse, volleyball,
Softball and fieldball players bruised its turf all year.

Away for one of those rare touchdowns — teams were too closely
matched and fought too hard to permit high scoring.

When it was too dusty to run they threw passes as cooly on the
way down as when there was plenty of time.

The Naval Academy's greatest social asset. To spend Sunday
afternoon sailing in the bay is the climax to a wonderiFul week end.
Many all day trips are planned when time permits . . . Boat
Club Commodore H. B. Loheed, Officer Representative Lieut. Pond,
Vice Commodore I. N. Fraser.

The real test of a sailor's endurance and skill is the overnight race.
Rest is forgotten when racing in the narrow waters of the Chesa-
peake during darkness.

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The days of "Iron men and wooden ships" have long passed,
but the Naval Academy still retains the spirit and excitement
of these days in the Boat Club and its activities. This organiza-
tion is composed of those in the Academy who are most de-
sirous to continue and to learn the rudiments, the attacks, and
the defenses of keen sailing competition. Also there are the
essential, but less active, members of the Boat Club who make
up the crews, men w^ho enjoy the thrill of a fast race with the
lee rail awash and the salt spray in their face.

The Naval Academy Squadron, reputed to be the most out-

Sealed: R. C. Adams, J. S. Crosby, C. T. Brown, H. B. Loheed, I. N. Fraser, O. E. Olsen,
I. W. James, R. W. Brown. Standing: J. H. Scott, C. M. Smith, R. W. Taylor, Jr., W. R.
Broughton, S. M. Jenks, W. G. Laylor, Jr., R. Bartmes, W. C. Peterson, W. G. Davis, N. J.
Hanics, A. L. Pleasants, III, H. B. Lipshultz, H. W. Smith.

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standing of its type, is composed of 12 yawls, 5 class "A"
yachts, and one 9-meter racing boat. With this large squadron
of racing boats and its unlimited supply of trained crews the
Academy dominates the sailing organization in the Chesapeake
Bay area. Besides participating in all invitation races in this
area the Boat Club plans and holds numerous races for inter-
club and open competition. The climax of each year's sailing
is the international Newport-Bermuda or the Newport-An-
napolis races in which the Boat Club always enters the High-
land Light and the Vamarie; both with excellent records.
The "Light " holds the Newport-Bermuda record and the
"Vam " is a constant threat to a close finish.

The Boat Club provides many hours of nautical pleasure for
its members. Every afternoon, wind permitting and classes
over you will find the boats leaving their moorings and heading
out into the Roads in anticipation of a few hours of salt-soaked
thrills.

The benefits to be derived from the facilities of the Boat Club
goes far beyond the pleasure of a dragging week-end trip, the
thrill of a race won and the social and physiological benefits of
a suntan. The rudiments of command and elementary seaman-
ship are in constant use during every sailing trip. The judg-
ment exhibited by the Boat Club skippers is a tribute to the
training and worth of the organization. Sailing in one of the
nations busiest merchant sea lanes gives the yawl handler the
finest practical work possible in the intricacies of the inland
rules of the road.

White sails on the horizon. The Naval Academy crews are
matched against each other and against all other entries for the
honors awarded the winner of a hard fought race . . . A moment
of relaxation on board the Freedom. Soon all hands will be
engaged in bringing the schooner about for the next tack. Only
when alls well is there time to breathe easily aboard a sail boat
. . . The Freedom glides along under a light breeze. The Chesa-
peake is noted for its erratic winds, some days calm, other times
rough. The calm days are welcomed for dragging trips but for
sailing there is excitement in a strong wind.

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Team captain Gordy Engel and crew Ron Kelly make sail for an
afternoon race . . . Clearing the decks for action.

Front Kow: G. A. Bottom, B. P. Murphy, W. D. Smith, G. R. Engel, W. L. Jensen, J. E. Niesse
Second Row; R. T. Kelly, H. R. Flory, J. E. Edmundson, Comdr. Harris, coach, W. J. Aston,
J. A. Morris, C. A. T. Mendes. Third Row: T. I. Noble, F. D. Leder, R. E. Vander Naillen, Jr.,
J. C. Huenerberg, R. H. McGlohn, R. F. Smith, A. G. B. Grosvenor, J. A. Stubstad, W. H.
Wolftange, manager. Bock Row: N. R. Thom, D. H. Jarvis, W. M. Drake, P. B. Hugo,
R. P. Gould, H. F. Sweifzer, H. R. Thurber, K. F. Dorenkamp, K. W. Pfietfer, E. J. Otth, Jr.

The fleet underway: the boats jockey for position during a practice
race in a light breeze.

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Organized this year to represent the Naval Academy in the
international star class of sailing, the starboat team has entered
intercollegiate competition as well as Chesapeake Bay races.
In the fall racing series of the Annapolis Yacht Club the Navy
team swept the field taking the first six places. At sailing prac-
tice every afternoon in the fall and spring, team members learn
to handle their fast tricky sailing craft skillfully in all kinds of
weather, developing tactics, and becoming familiar with fine
points in racing rules. Unique among Academy teams the star
boat sailors do all the work of keeping their eight boats caulked,
painted, and tuned up. In the winter the boats are hauled out
at North Severn where the team can care for them and put them
in trim for the first spring breeze. The past season has been
thoroughly successful due mostly to the hard work of all the
team members. With most of the sailors left from this year's
group the Star Boat team should go on to bigger and better
achievements.

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Sailing . . . marching . . . dragging . . . studying . . . drilling,
days and days of it . . . all pointing toward our goal ... a com-
mission in the Navy. Each year we take a few months to put
all this theory into practice. The object of the midshipman
cruise is to consolidate our gains . . . our theoretical gains
throughout the year . . . into a backlog of practical experience.
For It all counts. What good is learning the theory of leader-
ship unless you have a chance to practice it under actual pro-
fessional conditions? What good is a comprehensive knowledge
of the customs and traditions of the Navy unless you have a
chance to see them function? The midshipman's practice squad-
ron gives us the answers to many of our questions.

Four times we looked out of our windows overlooking
Chesapeake Bay to behold an array of Naval might. The first
time was just a look . . . w^ithout the actual packing, sweating,
straining, toward that trip down the bay to the sea. Plebe sum-
mer it was the old New York that took '46 on its last, and '47
on Its first midshipman cruise. And it was the old New York
that brought them back ... a salty bunch of upperclassmen,
with more questions about the main battery, the secondary bat-
tery, the number of rifles in the Marine armory and the number
of rivets in the hull ... of the old New York. Youngster sum-
mer it was a squadron of cruisers that took us, sweating and
straining to the Antilles and back. Then we were salty upper-
classmen, with the same set of questions for a new plebe class.
Second class year it was our own private little yacht . . . and
then the last one for us with a real task group . . . and a cruise
that went somewhere. Each cruise meant many of the same
gruesome details as did the last . . . packing the seabag with
enough gear to keep the Marines for three years . . . leaving
behind us Bancroft Hall, the dragging trips on the Light, the
lazy summer evening hops, and the easy summer schedule . . .
clamping our saltiest cap on our head . . . donning our "Ray-
Bans " . . . slinging our cameras over our shoulders . . . and
sweating our way to the sea wall with a ton of luggage on our
backs. This is the beginning of cruise . . . hundreds of willing
but inefficient midshipman hands on the lines . . . the panic you
feel when you remember the collar buttons you left in the cruise
box . . . and the grim look you give the first bosun that peers
over the life line high above you . . . Then cruise has started.

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Both Midshipmen and crew members gather between the cata-
pults of the USS Marblehead for Divine Services.

Admiral Beatty, aboard the flagship USS Savannah, gives us
our first taste of shipboard inspections.

"Knock off work," and we keep right on scrubbing paintwork.
It seemed that work never ended for the embattled Youngster.

It was with hearts full of pride and expectancy, that we
came back from our first leave as third classmen, and viewed
the imposing sight of the six grey ships anchored in Annapolis
Roads; the ships that were to take us on a six weeks cruise
to the Caribbean and along the Atlantic coast. With feverish
haste we jammed our cruise gear into our small seabag and, at
the inhuman hour of 0445, boarded the motor launches that
were to take us to our floating homes for the next month and
a half. Most of us gaped and stared as we made ready to get
underway, but were soon snapped from our lethargy by an
irate Class of 47, and put to work squaring the compartments
away. The following day we steamed out of Lynnehaven
Roads and felt the first long swells of the Atlantic greet us,
as we turned our bows southward toward the Caribbean.
The next days were filled with watches, paint scrubbing,
GQ's, paint scrubbing, frequent lectures, and paint scrub-
bing. We began to feel that we were not only still plebes,
but had been demoted to the lowest of the low, and were mere
slaves to a formidable assortment of Bosuns mates. Our efforts
were not unrewarded, however, for we found that we were
soon pulling into Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, for liberty. Eagerly
we poured ashore for our first liberty from a man of war, and
crowded the PX's, buying out their supplies of Nylons,
alligator bags, and Chanel No. 5. The slopschute was not
disregarded and we got our first taste, many of us too much,
of Cuba's famous Hatuey beer, and reeled back to our various
ships laden with presents for the loved ones and nothing but
kind thoughts for Cuba and its delicious beer. Then came
days of gunnery drills, sunbaths in the tropic sun, and still the
seemingly endless paint and bright work. As we began to
tire once more, the squadron split up to make the ports of
San Juan, Puerto Rico and St. Thomas, B.W.I. , where we w^ere

We scan the glistening expanse of the Caribbean for any sign
of enemy submarines.

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USS Marblehead makes ready to take USS Sa-
vannah in tow in a routine maneuvering drill.

The formation lazily swings into a turn as we steam for Puerto
Rico and one of our few Youngster cruise liberties.

wined, dined, and pampered by those most hospitable Latins.
We were initiated into the quaint customs of Latin women
to our sorrow, and were given a great deal of free rum which
proved to our liking. It was with great regret that we left
these island paradises, and set out on the last stretch. This
time we cruised northward, our days filled with gunnery
exercises, and made our last port of call, New York, where
all hands enjoyed themselves immensely. We were in between
New York and Annapolis when the Japanese announced their
surrender, and in the midst of the rejoicing, we were staggered
by hearing GQ and "All hands stand by to fire all pyrotech-
nics." Soon we were back in Annapolis Roads and upon sight-
ing the chapel dome, became youngsters. It was with relief
that we watched the bucket man knock loose the pelican hook
and the anchors plunged into the bay, our third class cruise
was over.

In the Bay of Gonaives, Haiti, we are beseiged by a host of half-
clad natives in bum boots of every size and description.

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In Son Juan, gaiety, hospitality and wine women and song
soothed nerves jangled by constant piping of sweepers.

A Curtiss Scout plane is catapulted to tow the sleeve for gunnery
drill, which meant sore muscles and backs for us.

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The Class of '48-B was being used as guinea pigs in another
experiment: two weeks cruise with the amphibious forces, and
midshipmen, for the first time, were to be indoctrinated into
the many tactics and newly developed methods used by the
Navy's junior branch. And what was most revolutionary of
all, it was to be a combined operation with the second class
cadets of West Point, a merger never before attempted in the
histories of the academies. We had long been their opponents
on the fields of sport, but had never been placed on such close
terms with them, and needless to say, we looked forward to
our meeting with mingled feelings of anticipation and trepida-
tion as to our congeniality. Our fears were soon erased, how-
ever, as we boarded the APA's Noble and Okaloosa at NOB,
Norfolk together, and found ourselves almost instantly com-
patible and were soon fast friends. We were crowded into the
troop compartments of the transports, and bunked six high, in
tiers of bunks crammed with rifles, helmets, field packs, and
seabags. It was in this rather bewildered and crushed condi-
tion that we watched our squadron get underway and proceed
up Chesapeake Bay toward Little Creek, Virginia. At the
Little Creek base we spent several days getting accustomed to
the strange ways of the amphibious forces, climbing up and
down cargo nets, and going ashore in the evenings for orienta-
tion lectures. The midshipmen and cadets were then broken
up into small groups and sent aboard various types of smaller
landing craft, ranging from LCLs to LST's. Here we witnessed
demonstrations as to their uses, along with showings of UDT
teams in action and various other related exercises. We made

Loading our gear and ourselves aboard APA's at NOB Norfolk,
Virginia . . . we found that the greater part of the troops time at
sea was taken up in gazing at the sea, and the rest of the formation.
Aboard various small craft we took little pleasure in showing the
Cadets what Youngster cruise was like . . . and they in turn
found that amphibious operations meant hours in an LCVP 'daisy
chain' . . . and miles of Jacobs ladders and cargo nets to climb
and descend like monkeys.

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several landings aboard these small craft and were then shipped
back to the transports for the final demonstrations and the full
scale landing operations. We steamed up the bay to Bloods-
worth Island where, as we observed from the larger ships, the
Marines made a full scale landing, complete with air support.
After a refreshing week end in Norfolk, we steamed back to
participate in the final exercise, a landing on the Virginia
Capes in which we took a major part. Thoroughly tired out
we bid a grateful farewell to amphibs and were transported
back to Annapolis via destroyer.

Jim and Lee bid a fond farewell to the Cadets with whom they
had lived for two weeks and who had . . . streamed ashore
from beached LCM's, armed to the teeth . . . spent hours polish-
ing oily bilges . . . assembled on the boat decks to be briefed
for their part in the taking of red beach, practically clad in grey
overalls and full field packs . . . and circled endlessly at the
line of departure before their mad dash into a beach head held
by an enemy force of cheering Virginians and reporters.

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Charlie Lane and Jack Conable pass a seabag to the hanger deck
of the USS Randolph . . . like Floyd Bergeaux, we all had our
eyes on the 'wild blue yonder' . . . we found the flight deck a

Something new had been added; an aviation department had
recently been established and an extensive course in aviation
had been inserted in our curriculum. Because of this we looked
forward to six weeks on an aircraft carrier as we came off of
summer leave. The outlook was especially rosy because we
found that we were to be sent on cruise as a completely separate
class, while the first and third class went together on the battle-
ships. Even better, there was to be no watch standing of any
kind, no contact whatsoever with the engineering spaces, no
loading drills, and best of all: no turn to. Naturally we were
overjoyed and looked forward to the summer with mingled
thoughts of Ray-Bans and super sacks. Rumors ran rife through
our ranks before the actual plans for the cruise were officially
released: we were to live in JO bunk rooms, and to have our
own wardroom and mess boys. All in all it sounded like an
absolute pipe dream, and we were quick to believe anything
we heard. As is to be expected, our great hopes were doomed
to disappointment, but nevertheless the cruise was easily the
most enjoyable we ever spent.

We were split up into two groups, half of us to go to sea on

fine place for formations . . . the details of the smooth operation
of a fast carrier was the topic during the many hours of lectures
and drills. The men who had done the job showed us how.

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the U.S.S. Randolph for six weeks while the other half were
to spend the time over at the Naval Air Facility, engaged in a
course in aviation indoctrination. On the completion of this
time, we joined to go through the two weeks of amphibious
training with the second class of West Point, and then traded
places on the Randolph and at the Naval Air Facility. We
embarked in the Randolph along with the first and third class
who went aboard the battleships Washington and North Caro-
lina. We all upped anchor together, and with the Washington
in the van, steamed down the Chesapeake to the Capes, and
thence northward toward Newport, Rhode Island, which was
to be our first port of call.

On the way north we were treated mainly to indoctrination
lectures and demonstrations without setting foot in an aircraft.
Our day was divided up into a regular classroom schedule, with
four periods in the morning and three in the afternoon these
classes being liberally interspersed with movies and practical
demonstrations.

As we reached Providence, the squadron split up, the battle-
wagons going on into Newport harbor while we stopped off
at Quonset Naval Air Station, where we were taken on a com-
prehensive tour of its facilities. Then came five days of leave
which further endeared us to the Naval Air Arm, and which we
spent in either Boston, Newport, or Providence. Upon com-
pletion of this, we again set to sea in company with the Wash-

The USS Randolph, CV 15, one of the mightiest units of the Fleet,
churnes along at thirty two knots, while on deck the flight deck
crew prepares to take aboard her 'chickens' . . . far below, Paul
Martenson, like the rest of us, checked the schedule to see when
his next hop would be.

Take-off . . . the fighters maneuver into position for their short
run into the wind. The many colored jerseys, the fantastic antics
of the flight deck officer and the deafening roar of powerful

engines form a picture we will never forget . . . then off over the
water, leaving behind a tiny speck of flight deck that had, a
minute ago, seemed so huge.

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That ever-useful flight deck . . . served as a Farragut field and a
sandy beach, with plenty of sun throv«/n in . . . and a sure place
to cool off was CIC where we learned the elements of fighter con-
trol. Bob Ghormley is introduced to the harness of the fiy-boy's
best friend . . . then a few minutes rest, cribbage, or good-
natured kidding from the pilots in the ready room . . . and we
were off in the rear seat of a beast to get a first hand look at a
tight formation.

A touch of Bancroft in the form a wisk broom applied to Ralph
Brown by Bill Barnes . . . but that touch was forgotten in a
glance at the liberty schedule . . . plenty of it with uniform
optional.

ington and North Carolina, but this time we headed southward
tow^ard the Caribbean and our old stamping ground, Guan-
tanamo Bay. Now^ we started training in earnest. Besides the
classes already mentioned, part of our days w^ere spent in actual
flying from the carrier deck. It is hard to describe the thrill
one gets from one's first carrier takeoff and landing. Your
heart is in your mouth as you find yourself suddenly air-
borne, with the bow of the carrier slipping under you and the
flight deck dw^indling away to a mere postage stamp in the vast
expanse of ocean. We rode back seat in dive bombers and in
torpedo planes which participated in long three-hour tactical
exercises, with the TBM's making torpedo and glide bombing
nms and the SB2C's peeling off^ from altitudes of ten or twelve
thousand feet into steep power dives at the target. Our ears
suffered from this onslaught, but it was an experience none of
us will ever forget, whether we go into Naval Aviation on
graduation or not. In this type of training, the Randolph made
an excellent record, not having even a minor accident on either
part of the cruise.

Soon we reached the tropic clime of the Caribbean Sea,
where, in the afternoons after classes, the flight deck was cov-
ered with sunbathers and baseball players, football players and
interested spectators. It was all very pleasant, and even more

The thrill of a power dive . . . looking first at the sky . . . then
a twisting horizon . . . the ocean rushing up at you at three

hundred knots. Then ashore in Guantanamo for a dive into the
cool Marine pool. You can't beat that...if it's followed by a Hatuey.

enhanced by our arrival in Guantanamo Bay for a two-day rest.
Here we split with the battleships who continued on to prac-
tice gunnery exercises. The first day in Guantanamo we went
on a beach party where we all got thoroughly sunburned and
filled with beer and sandwiches. That night the officer's club
threw a party for us and imported girls from Santiago de Cuba.
This kind of thing was completely new to us and a wonderful
time was had by all, even though not a few staggered up at
reveille the next morning with terrific hangovers and bleary
eyes. It took us several days to recuperate from this rest period,
and in the interim we had left Gitmo, and continuing our exer-
cises, had turned our bow northward toward the best port of
all. New York city. We were allowed four more days of leave
in New York, and then, reluctantly taking our leave, we
steamed out of the narrows and headed toward Norfolk, Vir-
ginia on the last leg of our cruise. Once there, we rendezvoused
with the other half of our class and spent two days touring the
Naval Air Station at Patuxent and the National Advisory Com-
mittee on Aeronautics facilities at Langley Field, Virginia.
Here we were shown the latest developments in all types of
Naval Aviation and were given an intensely interesting preview
of things to come in the world of Aeronautics. We were then
transported to NOB Norfolk, having been given a definite
insight into Naval Aviation, and certainly more than a mere
consideration of the duty of our choice at graduation.

We had our first look at the constellations, in a navigational sense
that is, in the Hayden Planatorium, followed by a New York
liberty, of course.

Flying wing-in-pocket . . . his wing in your pocket ... is o
spectacle you have to see from o TBM to appreciate . . . Mission
completed, no casualties ... a TBM is silhouetted against a
tropical sky as she comes in for a landing.

The mighty New Jersey is silhouetted against a setting sun . . .
A salty first class supervise a youngster holystoning detail . . .
Personnel are transferred between ships by operation Windmill
. . . Miice Robbins supervises loading drill in a 16 inch turret.

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First class cruise, our first step into the home stretch and the
last chance we had to prove we could be seamen before ^ve were
sent to the Fleet. It was with a strong feeling of our new re-
sponsibilities that we took charge of the underclasses and
loaded them and ourselves aboard the eight ships that were to
take us on the first European cruise since before the war. As
we steamed out of the Virginia Capes and headed for a north
Atlantic crossing, we felt that for once on cruise, v^e w^ere
somebody of importance. We were treated as junior division
officers, and held positions comparable to those undertaken by
ensigns in the Fleet. We stood OD watches on the bridge, and
felt with a surge of pride that it wils our orders that guided the

The intricacies of chart mal<eup and the general chart catalogue
are explained to us by Comdr. Mann.

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Midshipmen enjoy the scenery of Kings Park in Edinburgh, with
the Walter Scott memorial rising in the background.

We anchor just outside of the famous Firth of Forth bridge at the
entrance to the Rosyth Navy Yard.

Many of us took advantage of the fascinating tours offered by
the American Express Company, such as this one to the Tower of
London. The famous old London Bridge unscarred by the Blitz
rears its towers into the evening sky.

The first thing on arriving in Scotland was a tour thru the lofty
Castle of Edinburgh where we looked out over the whole city. The
lacy architecture of the Parliament buildings was even more
enhanced by the scaffolding being used to repair bomb damage.

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A tropical front builds up as we take our place in column drone
firing . . . Capt. Higgins of the Wisconsin malces a formal Satur-
day inspection . . . Our ears were filled with the thud of 40
millimeters as we went thru days of gunnery practice.

great battleships on their course; we commanded gun mounts
and directors; we worked out gunnery problems in CIC, and
took charge in the engineering spaces; w^e took charge of third
class working details, and worked out the administrative de-
tails of the midshipman divisions. And of course there was the
navigational detail with its endless sights, HO 214, sextants,
the nautical almanac. On the crossing, we kept odd hours
because of the eternal twilight, and it was with a measure of
relief that w^e pulled into the Firth of Forth after a rough cross-
ing, for our first European liberty.

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The greyhounds of the ocean, the whippets of the Naval
Service, these small, sleek, hard hitting vessels of the destroyer
service were to be our next lesson in seamanship, and there
could be no better school for we tyros in the art. We were
to spend one month of the cruise aboard one of the four de-
stroyers that accompanied our task force — The Cone, Meredith,
O'Hare, or Stribling, and were destined to learn why 'tin

The boys gather in the Guantanamo slopschute for another crack
at Hatuey beer . . . Dick Springe, the anchor man knocks loose
the pelican hook and our last Midshipman's cruise is over . . .
Our greatest thrill was when we finally fired the big guns in battle
practice.

A DD buries her bow in the mountainous ^aves of the North
Atlantic . . . Chow, one of the boasts of the destroyer Navy, is
tested by the Midshipmen, ^hen they're well enough to eat . . .
Frequently we fueled from one of the battlewagons, a technique
perfected by the fast carrier task force under the stress of combat.

can' sailors were inevitably the saltiest men afloat, and even
more conclusively, why these little ships were nicknamed
"Tin Cans. "

Here we were a completely separate class, and therefore
had little to do with turn to and working parties. Instead
our activities were directed more along the line of the duties
performed by junior officers aboard a destroyer at sea. We
stood JOOD watches on the bridge where we were given
almost complete responsibility in the running of the ship and
in station keeping; we manned the CIC under the experienced
supervision of the enlisted watch; and of course the inevitable
duty in the engineering spaces was not forgotten. We attended
lectures and demonstrations of all types of destroyer seaman-
ship, which were coupled with technical demonstrations of
fire control, ordnance, and torpedo control. We were defi-
nitely impressed with the fine meals served the enlisted men
and the comparative comfort in which these meals were served.
We enjoyed the privilege, each of us for several days, of eating
in the wardroom with the officers and of sampling the way the
upper half lives.

Our most thrilling duty, was without question, the station

Liberty again, and the charming sidewalk cafes of Copenhagen
were given enthusiastic patronage by the Midshipmen . . . The
ever-present bain of navigation is studied in the navigation work-
room of a DD . . . Full dress ship was the order of the day in
Copenhagen on the Fourth of July, almost like a home-town
picnic.

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Treacherous currents of Pentland Firth replaced the tremendous
seas of the North Atlantic to malce station Iceeping a problem . . .
Liberty in Scotland and a tour through the Lochs was next . . . On
a wet and foggy day we were towed up the Thames to our moor-
ing at the Royal War College ... At Hampton Roads we trans-
fered to submarines ... As the work horse we rescued Airmen
and dropped depth charges.

as plane guard for either one of the carriers Randolph or
Kearsarge. We foamed through the wake of the great carriers,
ever on the alert for a crashed plane or a dropped sleeve, and
several times were called upon to perform a rescue of a downed
pilot. We acted as guard mail carriers, transferers of personnel
and movies, and most often we were called upon to exercise
our seamanship in the frequent fueling from the larger ships.
When in port we were always moored right up to the good
old terra firma, necessitating a mere step over the gangway,
and we were on liberty. All was not peaches and cream
however; our souls, and our stomachs were sadly tried on the
North Atlantic crossmg, and more particularly while in the
North Sea and the Pentland Firth. Many was the time we
found ourselves walking on the bulkhead or staring directly
down into a roaring ocean from the pitching bridge. Many
of our more queazy members spent days without going below
to the messing compartment, or to our pitching living quarters
in the bow. If you were lucky enough to have a strong stomach
and a good sense of balance, our short stay in the dungaree
navy was very enjoyable, and if not, well, you probably v^^anted
battleship duty anyway.

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Upon arrival at Norfolk, we were divided into two groups,
half of us going to ten submarines that had been brought from
New London for the purpose, and the rest of us being divided
up among the four destroyers that had accompanied us all during
cruise. We were to divide our time for the following week
between these two types of warships for an introduction to
submarine and anti-submarine warfare. While on the under-
sea boats, we were treated to some of the most interesting
demonstrations of our career, and in a manner such as to warm
the stoutest flyboy's heart toward submarines. We stood
watches in the conning tower, the torpedo rooms, in the engine
room and control room. The submarine and all the intricate
mechanisms contained therein, were thoroughly explained and
demonstrated to us. The magnificent chow and the comradeship
of both officers and men impressed us immensely, and made our
short stay a most pleasant one. Back on the destroyers, we spent
the rest of the time tracking the subs on the sound gear, making
practice runs, and dropping depth charges. The demonstration
of this, a new aspect of warfare to us, proved to be one of the
most interesting parts of the cruise.

The first dive, an unforgetable experience . . . seeing a great
battleship from periscope depth . . . similating a torpedo run
. . . relaxing in the tiny ward room ... a touch of sun and
fresh air on surfacing.

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. Jven before our first cruise to the north shore of the
Severn the activities over there excited our curiosity . . .
radio towers capable of receiving messages from all over
the world . . . planes landing and taking off . . . strange
noises being emitted from the experiment station . . .
all intrigued us. The first expedition came early in our
plebe lives ... to many of us it was our first taste of sea
duty ... to everyone the beginning of numerous trips to
the same destination. A journey across the Severn was
usually anticipated with pleasure.

Plebe year the problems of small arms fire were
introduced to us . . . never dull . . . there was always a
new weapon to try out ... a ribbon to earn. Later that Fall
we discovered the golf course ... a pleasant diversion
to occupy those dragless week ends. Youngster year our
boat rides were even more keenly anticipated . . . we
were flying. With aviation classes all day and dinner on
the Block Island during second class summer, the northern
shores of the Severn were rapidly becoming another home.

First class year the now familiar whaleboats ferried us
to the experiment station where the secrets of its noisy
machinery were revealed to us. When we finally returned
for the last time we could not help recounting our
pleasurable moments spent across the river.

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Viewed from the radar platform of the Block Island, a PBY struts
her stuff in a jet assisted tal<e-off. The expanse of the apron and
hangers of the Naval Air Facilitie can best be appreciated from
this vantage point . . . We were shown the inner workings and
hidden mechanisms of the latest aircraft engines by the men of a
mobile training unit ... A flight in the engineers tower of a
Catalina left many of us just a little baffled, but none the less
wiser for our experience . . . Flights in the rear cockpit of a
Yellow Peril were the high points of our interesting course under
the Aviation Department at the Air Facilitie. It seemed to us that
the N3N needed little help from us to make its way through the
air . . . That's fhe idea, these things fly themselves. If they didn't, how
do you think so many pilots got through primary?

Aviation, and aeronautics as a course of study, are not new
at the Naval Academy. Every class since 1925 has been indoc-
trinated in aviation, many having gone down to Jacksonville
after graduation for a month's indoctrination in Naval Aviation,
but this has since been superseded by a well-rounded course
that covers every possible phase of Naval Aviation, and even
includes primary flight training. In 1946, a Department of
Aviation was founded, and a comprehensive course of instruc-
tion was designed to give midshipmen a complete coverage of
Naval Aviation and its related sciences. During fourth class
and third class summers, midshipmen are taken across the river
and given flight time in N3N's and PBY's. The course branches
out after third class year, w^hen the second class are taken on a
carrier cruise during the summer months. This phase of the
course includes academic instruction covering internal carrier
routine, tactical employment of ships and planes, all types of
aircraft operations, ship and plane handling and electronic de-
vices. In practice, the carrier is a floating laboratory, but mid-
shipmen also participate in flights, riding back seat in dive
bombers and torpedo planes which are launched and recovered
on carrier deck, and which carry the midshipmen on long tacti'
cal flights in which all types of attacks and scouting missions
are demonstrated. Also demonstrated, are the maneuvers of
launching, rendezvous, coordinated attack, and recovery
methods.

Upon arriving back at the Academy, during second class
year, the elementary flight training in N3N's and PBY's is con-
tinued, and every other week, the second class go over to the
new^ aviation building, where, during their first term, they are
given a course on the Elementary Physics of Flight, and Aviation

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Engineering, which covers aircraft structures, power plants,
and accessories. Also included is the study of jet propulsion
and gas turbines. The second term of second class year is de-
voted to the study of Aerology and weather.

The course continues during first class year when midship-
men continue their flights in the training craft and are given a
course in the History of Naval Aviation, and the Air War in the
Pacific. Later they pass on to the aircraft control manual, where
they are schooled in all types of aircraft control, fighter direc-
tion, day and night interceptions, the part that CIC plays in
aircraft operations, and aviation tactics. Related to the Depart-
ment of Aviation but under the supervision of the Department
of Seamanship and Navigation, is the extensive course in Air
Navigation. Midshipmen start off learning types of navigation,
pilotage, and dead reckoning, both radio and celestial, but soon
cover wind vector solutions, air speed correction, and use of the
bubble sextant. A and N quadrants, cones of silence, fan marker
beacons, and radio beacons are no longer mysteries to us when
we finish this course.

During all four years at the Naval Academy, midshipmen
attend drills and lectures in the Aviation Building, the aircraft
engine labs, and across the river at the Naval Air Facility where
many phases of Naval Aviation are explained and studied. Or-
ganization of the Naval Air Corps in all its phases is more than

Photo interpretation was one of the many interesting subjects we
where exposed to in passing . . . recognition, safety preserva-
tion and rescue, parachute rigging, weather and Naval Air
Administration and History were others.

left to Right, Standing: If. Comdr. Hertel, l». Comdr. Crommelin, Lt. Comdr. Miller,' It.
Comdr. McDowell, It. Comdr. House, Lf. Comdr. Burns, Lt. Comdr. Burke, Lt. Comdr. Hayes,
left to Right, Seated: Comdr. McCormack, Comdr. Lonhom, Comdr. McPherson, Captain
Pirie, Comdr. Westhofen, Lt. Col. Lanmon, Comdr. Smith, Lt. Comdr. Lawrence.

Captain Robert M. Pirie, USN, Class of '26, Head of the Department
of Aviation. After two years in Destroyers he was accepted in
Naval Aviation, where he flew fighters and served in the Flight
Test Section of the Navy's air arm. At the outbreak of the war he
was superintendent of training at NAS, Miami, Florida. From
there he served on the staffs of Admirals Towers and Bogan of
TF58 fame and later acted as executive ofFicer of the USS Mission
Bay. His last assignment prior to the Naval Academy was on the
staff of Fleet Admiral King, in Washington.

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We arrive, en mass, via motor whaleboat, for a whole day at the
air facility . . . Complete with Ray-Bans and wings in our hats.

A mock-up of the electrical system of a PBJH is explained in detail
by the man who knows . . . the Aviation Electrician.

A pretty Wave shows Bill Evans how to fly a link trainer ... To
facilitate take-off and landing schedules we were ferried to sandy
beach, where our N3N's were lined up waiting for us.

touched upon. In the field of communications and electronics,
the students learn enough to evaluate the importance and appli-
cation of electronically controlled devices in modern Naval
Aviation. They study the radio mstallations of all types of
operational aircraft and practice on complicated training setups.
Movies and mock ups play an important part in the drills on
ordnance and gunnery. Techniques and construction of aircraft
guns of all types are demonstrated, along with information on
free gunnery, bombsights and bombing, fuses, bombs, rockets,
torpedoes, depth bombs, and aerial mines. Tours of Naval Air
Stations and test centers such as Quonset Pt., Rhode Island,
and the site of the National Advisory Committee on Aeronautics
at Langley Field, Virginia, are also included.

Tales of combat in all theaters of the war are gladly given by
the competent group of instructors, who are all Naval Aviators
with many hours in the air and great experience in the many
fields of Naval Aviation. The informality and congeniality of
the Aviation Department's classes, coupled with the interesting
material presented makes this, our newest department, easily
the most popular in the Academy.

This department, however, is in no way trying to train Naval
Aviators, but rather its function is to demonstrate the potential-

PBY flights were designed to give us the maximum exposer to the
intracacies of P-Boat flying in the minimum of time. Tommy
Wilson is checked out on the cockpit procedure by an expert.

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Technicolor 'Micky Mouse's' augmented an extensive course in
aerial navigation and weather . . . courses of interest and worth.

. . . The highlight of any day was a few hours of 'stick time' . . .
and the flight board was the place you met your chauffeur.

ities and limitations of shipboard aviation, and to give the
fiiture officer an insight into Naval Aviation which will aid him
in his decision as to whether he wishes to take up Naval Avia-
tion as a career.

In line with their policy, the members of the Aviation De-
partment spend much of their time answering questions con-
cerning aviation as a career, and encouraging those definitely
suited for flying. They introduced the Naval Aviators pilot
selection test to the Naval Academy curriculum and from this
make definite recommendations as to the possiblities an inter-
ested midshipman has of completing the course once started.
The final physical examination at the Naval Academy is a com-
bination flight and submarine physical. Through the efforts of
the Department it is now possible to tell a midshipman whether
or not he should apply for aviation even before he graduates.
This year, through the efforts of the Department of Aviation,
the bureau has made it possible for midshipmen interested to
place their requests for flight training before graduation. A
certain number of the class may expect assignment to flight
training upon graduation and all those wishing flight training
and who are physically and mentally qualified, may expect to
be accepted in the very near future.

Out into a personnel boat and another trip in a flying box car is
over. Congeniality, mixed with a libera! smear of know-how was
the order of the course . . . As enthusiastically taken, and given.

Tatum gets that 'out there' look in the blister of a P-Boat ... on
the ground again. Radar Ray checks us out on a simulated radar
bombing run on Tokyo ... he controlled everything, weather
included.

Hours under the hot summer sun or in the sticky Maryland rain —
we learned the use of the Springfield.

Dick Wiseman, consistently in the first four on the golf team,
watches an opponent's ball before stepping up to tee off.

Our introduction to ordnance, the Marine Corps and the
rifle range came simultaneously. Hours under the sun, sitting on
an aching foot, relaxing for a few minutes in the prone position,
silently cursing the advent of the portable loudspeaker and
making notes in a little red book about periods met, passed and
retaken ... all this was in a day's ^vork on the rifle range. . . .
It did no good to pray for rain . . . this was one function that
v^^ent on regardless of the condition of the track. If you w^ere
lucky in the breaks, you made expert . . . imless you were ac-
tually an expert, in which you hoped for the breaks again . . .
or a friend in the butts. For many of us it was the first intro-

duction to ordnance. The climax was interesting . . . like a
Fourth of July show at a home town picnic . . . with all the
small arms we had ever heard about, and some we hadn't, ex-
hibited and demonstrated by the competent Marines. The anti-
climax gave us the last laugh over our hard bitten drillmasters
. . . when the third rifleman from the left put a perfect 'M' on
his unmarked target. The trips to the rifle range gave us a look
at the golf course. At first we looked at the hazards, poles,
wires, and towers, with a half cynical chuckle . . . those of us
who took it up as a pastime found that a healthy respect could
quickly be acquired for these unorthodox, but effective hazards.

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Coach Bob Williams always had a good team . . . perhaps
not the top team always because there wasn't time for the neces-
sary long hours of practice . . . but consistently good enough to
earn a respected position among the top three teams in the
Eastern Intercollegiate Championships. Princeton somehow
managed to hold a jinx over the Navy team, a jinx climaxed by
a hole-in-one by a Princeton man on the last hole for two points
that won the match 4-3 in a dual meeting. Plebe year, Navy
finished second to Army in the Easterns but still held the dis-
tinction of never having lost to the Kaydets in dual competition,
with only one tie in the records . . . that year Army won the
Easterns. It came to be tradition to win the Maryland intercol-
legiate title, due in part, perhaps, to the fact that the Academy
course was about the toughest college course in the vicinity.
Steady, consistent playing by Ed Briggs and Captain Rex
Eaton, the left-handed drives of Dennis Sullivan, and the some-
times expert performances of Dick Wiseman characterized
the '48 team.

standing; Comdr. Cunningham, Bob Minter, Bill Conway, Bill Thaney, Dennis Sullivan, Si
Hart, Joe Barrow, Coach Bob Williams. Kneeling: Dick Wiseman, Rex Eaton, Bob Viegel,
Dean Hansen, Ed Briggs, Clay Hamilton.

Captain Rex Eaton follows through on another long drive down
the fairway of number one hole of the tough Navy course.

Dennis Sullivan, the most consistent all-round player on the team,
finishes his left-handed swing.

Veteran Ed Briggs carefully eyes his putt rolling toward the hole
to put the finishing touches on a practice round.

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rossing the bridge over College Creek most any eve-
ning we come upon a strange combination of activity and
peacefulness. Silhouetted against a painted sky the Jean-
nette Monument rules over the peaceful scene. Smaller
monoliths cast shadows over the graves of a past genera-
tion. At the bottom of the terraced slope a Midshipman
enjoys his few minutes away from the activities of the
day with his drag along Ramsay Road. In the background
the hospital projects its sprawling mixture of architecture
— old and new — against the sky. Further to the west the
glimmering lights of the postgraduate school are barely
visible over the tree-tops.

Elsewhere signs of activities are in evidence. To our left
the crew comes up the river with its oars dipping rythmi-
caliy into the water with the beat of the coxswain's
hammer as they glide swiftly to their destination . . . the
concrete ramps skirting Hubbard Hall. Across the winding
road from the boat clubhouse the sharp crack of bats and
the thud of ball on glove betray the identity of Lawrence
Field . . . the baseball stadium. On the hillside overlooking
the Severn, panting, sweating cross-country boys vie to
reach the finish line first. In the middle of Hospital Point
Field, battles between forwards and goalies are being
fought on half a dozen soccer fields.

That part of the Academy on the other side of College
Creek furnished us opportunity to spend our leisure hours,
whether we were looking for a strenuous workout or just
trying to find a spot to get away from it all for a while.

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Modern and efficient as the boating activities it houses is
Hubbard Hall. Unlike many of the venerable old buildings
in the Yard this modernistic yellow^ brick structure is com-
paratively recent history dating back only to the depression
days of 1931 — and a dedication day marred by a defeat for
Navy's crew. This bad luck start in no way influenced the
outcome of later contests, however — Navy's team has since
been a consistent winner — perhaps largely due to the excellent
facilities of Hubbard Hall.

Activity at the Hall begins shortly after Christmas leave
where prospective crew teams toughen up inside on rowing
machines and in barges anchored in the practice tanks. With
the first breath of spring the hardy teams take their polished
shells from neatly stowed racks, down the concrete ramps and
place them in the ice cold waters of College Creek. Until
regatta time — Hubbard Hall and the surrounding areas echo
the rhythmic beat of the coxswain's hammers as crews learn

the important lessons of teamwork and coordination in propel-
ing their frail craft through choppy waters.

Besides its important function as a home for the various
boating activities it serves also for baseball, soccer, and cross-
country teams. 'N' winners remember the Hall's social facili-
ties in connection with the all-important dance June Week
in the gaily decorated 'N' room on the second floor. The
concrete apron facing College Creek acquires a new festive
atmosphere for the occasion under the glow of party lanterns —
quite in contrast with its usual purpose. On other occasions
the large 'N' room serves as a banqueting hall where con-
ferences are held and visitors are entertained. Those interested
in the sports records of the Academy can find many mementos
of past seasons successful to Navy here. Quarters for visitors
and visiting teams — spacious and well furnished — are also
part of the elaborate facilities provided for the comfort of
Navy visitors.

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CROSS COUNTRY SQUAD. Bottom row: f. H. Raab, R. A. Biiselle, T. Denmark, J. W.
Marsh, J.W. Lynn, D. H. Campbell, J. P. Oberholtzer, F.W. Smith, J. C. Bcjus, G. F. Brummitt,
J. P. Howe, K. F. Turner. Top row: Coach E. Thompson, W. M. Cossaboom, F. E. O'Connor,
W. A. Brown, C. H. Fowler, B. B. DeWitt, J. R. Goben, H. S. Butler, M. J. Condit, Comdr.
C. R. Dwyer.

In recent years Navy has had men who could cope with the
natural hazards of the cross-country course in championship
form. In the 1945 season after taking m stride all of the indi-
vidual meets, the team journeyed to Van Courtland Park in
New York City and returned the proud holders of the IC4A
title. The following year runner-up honors were garnered, but
this achievement was not as sweet as one might expect . . .
Army was tops. In the 1946 season revenge was the motto and
determination was rewarded. Not only were the Graylegs
spanked in the IC4A meet, but they were also beaten a week
earlier as Navy captured the Heptagonal Championship.

This year the schools which had literally been run into the
ground by Navy, turned the tables on the Blue and Gold har-
riers. A win over Johns Hopkins and a tie with Duke were the

best efforts. On analysis, it is easily seen why this was an
off season. Of the eight lettermen from the Heptagonal Cham-
pions of the previous season, only tw^o were to be on hand for
the 1947 campaign. A blow was struck when Captain-elect
Paul Hammer resigned shortly before the season started to
enter the ministry. This left as the sole letterman youngster
Jim Oberholtzer who gave a good account of himself placing
high in all meets and finishing third in the now Nonagonal
Championships. Probably the most staggering blow was the
end of the eligibility of Dick Hall, the 1946 captain and Nick
Smusyn. Hall, who won the IC4A meet in 1944, was con-
sistently the best runner in his three years, and hard at his heels
at all times was Smusyn. A different story would have been
written if these two could have run.

The face of the winner, a tired Duke Blue Devil, shows well the
effect of five grueling miles.

Up and over the finish line on Perry Circle, Fred Smith, with three
Marylanders on his heels, leads the pace.

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A Poughkeepsie Cup is something he dreams about ... it is on
his mind all year. That might explain why he is regarded by some
as the best crew coach in the country, and why Commander
"Buck" Walsh pushed last year's crew to bring home this coveted
award and break the jinx of western teams. Getting an early
season warm-up in the tank are, Ken Knoizen, Don Craig, George
Dittman, and John Cartwright.

The ice on College Creek grew soft and melted. Men felt
more like lying under the trees or just sleeping, or perhaps just
taking It easy enjoying the fresh new smells of summer's ap-
proach. A few, however, went out for crew. It was not an easy
life for they began losing the winter layer of fat on the rowing
machines and in the tank barges long before the thaw. It was
here the crew^s began to develop teamwork and coordination
and the timed stroke that sent Navy shells ahead in the spring
regattas.

When the sun began to shine more often and the wind was
not so strong that it made the water too choppy for the fragile
shells, the grueling conditioning moved outside. Lungs were
expanded to hold the necessary air for violent exercise; the
muscles of arms, legs, chest and back were developed and made
stronger and toned for the task of w^inning races. Training
started early because it took a long time to get ready for what
seemed to spectators a few minutes of exertion. The men on
the oars could tell you that long training did not prevent cot-
ton-filled lungs and complete fatigue, but it helped to ease those
conditions and thus the long afternoons of rowing were justified.

It was the coxswain's job to call the stroke and to change it
for more speed, regulating the tandem movements of eight men
working to make the smooth and rapid movement of the shell
appear effortless and graceful.

The Poughkeepsie crew: J. Larson, J. R. Wallace, C. W. Meyrick,
O. E. Olsen, A. K. Knoisen, D. E. Craig, G.i W. Dittman, J. P.
Cartwright. Coxswain J. P. Gartland, kneeling.

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CREW. BoMom row: R. F. Drake, J. W. Calhoun, E. E. Gude, G. H. Gordon, C. T. Hansen,
R. S. Hughes, J. 1. Wilson, G. M. Gray, D. A. Smith, B. W. Bevis. Second row: H. G. Herring,
J. P. Cartwright, O. E. Olsen, J. R. Wallace, C. W. Meyrick, Copt. R. N. Norgaord, D. D.
Foulds, B. H. Carig, G. W. Dittman. Third row: R. H. Babbe, G. F. Smith, R. A. Miller,
J. J. Chambers, C. R. Whipple, A. D. Neustel, J. C. Dixon, D. R.Trueblood, P. L. Quinn, A. K.
Knoizen. Top row: A.M. Pride, E. N. Chipman, K. F. Cook, J. D. Wotkins, C. J.Youngblode,
L. J. N. BIyde, H. E. McDowell, L. N. Hoover, J. A. Jepson, L A. Shea, J. J. Bransen.

Right: Selecting their oars for an afternoon cruise up the Severn
are George Dittman, named on the 1947 Ail-American Crew, Paul
Quinn, and Don Foulds, team captain.

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Captain Charlie Coulter is shown in action in the Olympic team
try-outs at the end of the season. Charlie was all over the field on
the defensive side during the successful season.

Seated: D. W. Cullivan, J. V. McLernan, R. S. Chew, R. W. Peard, J. L. Everngam, C. P.
Coulter, J. DeGoede, I. T. MacDonald, R. C. Ebel, D. A. Masias. S/andmg: F. H. Warner,
coach; H. S. Crosby, manager; J. M. Perkins, H. C. Colvin, L. R. Bendell, C. M. Howe, L. N.
Hoover, G. V. Ruos, A. A. Schaufelberger, R. L. Ghormley, J. J. Ekelund, R. L. Mulford,
M. S. Bentin, G. L. Lochner, M. N. Allen.

The Naval Academy soccer fortunes were considerably in-
creased in the fall of 1 947 as the Navy booters climaxed a very
good season with a victory that automatically makes a season
successful, a 1-0 decision unfavorable to the West Pomt team.
Coach Glenn Warner had as his mam objective for the season
the ending of a two-year jinx during which the Graylegs spoiled
as many perfect records for the midshipmen soccer squads.
Prospects were not so encouraging at the start of the practice
sessions early in September when the squad returned from the
cruise. Several shifts were made in the prospective line-up
before the beginning of the regular schedule of competition.
Danny Masias and Dick Ebel two fine halfbacks from last year's
squad, were shifted to starting posts on the weak forward line.
Manuel Bentin, an appointee from Peru like Masias, again re-
ported for service and was destined to be the leading point-
scorer on the squad. Lee Bendell worked into the first string
center post and Jack Everngam, a veteran booter, rounded out
the main offensive strength. Dan Cullivan, Milton Allen, Chuck
Howe, and John Perkins, all with previous experience, provided
relief for the front line.

Stalwart on the secondary or halfback line was team captain
Charlie Coulter, noted for his ground-covering ability and
tricky evasive maneuvers while taking the ball down the field.
Roger Peard and Irv MacDonald performed with equally fine
skill at the other two halfback positions. Bob Ghormley and
George Lochner ably handled the busiest positions on the field.

Veteran defensive experts, Bob Chevs^ and Al Schauffel-
berger, lined up at fullback and goalie respectively, and had as
their assignments the last line of defense to the attacks of rival
booters. Ail-American Al Schauffelberger was tops when it
came to stopping scoring attempts by opponents.

The first games were the only answer to the question of how
strong the offense of the 1947 team would be; the answer had

George Lochner boots one in the Army game. Chuck Howe in the
background. Lee Bindell keeps an eye on Jack Everngam as he
chases the ball. Action during a scoring attempt in practice. Danny
Masias executes a block in front of the goal in a practice game.
The Army goalie is rushed by three Navy men in a scoring
attempt.

to be learned from experience. There was nothing to worry
about in the defensive set up ... in the first eight games of the
season, opponents scored a mere three counters. As for the
scoring machinery, it gained momentum with each game. The
first two games were hardly a true test, but the North Carolina
game definitely was. Entering intercollegiate competition for
the first time, the Tarheels played the Navy team to a 1-1 tie
during the regulation length game. Manuel Bentin scored the
necessary goal and new confidence in their rearranged team.

Perm's booters upset hope for a perfect season by squeezing
out a 1-0 win in spite of the constant hammering of the Navy
offense at the Quaker goal.

Battered from the strenuous schedule, the team preped for the
Army battle with new vigor. Past rivalry indicated that play
would be rough and scoring low, so the squad formulated care-
ful plans, concentrating on making one goal that would prob-
ably be the all-important one with the strong defense confident
that Army could not tally. True to tradition, the game was
tightly contested throughout, with neither team able to pene-
trate the other's defense. Lee Morgan, up from the junior
varsity, performed the goal-protecting duties most of the way
in place of Schauffelberger, who was sidelined in the opening
minutes of the game. A slow steady rain hampered both teams
throughout the contest. With but four minutes remaining,
Manuel Bentin booted the sole score in the game for a Navy
victory and the end of the jinx.

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The U. S. Naval Hospital, Annapolis, Maryland overlooks the
banks of the Severn River. The Hospital cares for all Midshipmen
and naval personnel attached to the Academy. From a Midship-
man's point of viev\^ a tour of duty at the Hospital gives him a
chance to escape the grip of the Academic Department for a short
time and enjoy a leisurely life. Bob Ikard chats with relatives and
friends during visiting hours. Those injuries which cannot be
cured by the use of a heat pad or the application of an antiseptic
are transferred to the Naval Hospital. The adequate facilities and
trained personnel enables the Midshipmen to obtain proper
medical treatment.

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A ship is only as efficient as the men who man her. From the
hot, moist air of the South Pacific to the cutting winds of the
polar regions Naval men must be in their best physical condition
for the Navy to be really ready for action.

It has been proven many times that "healthy minds in healthy
bodies are necessities for the fulfillment of the individual mis-
sions of the graduates." It is the responsibility of the Medical
Department to ensure the healthy bodies during our four years
at the Naval Academy. The facilities set up for that purpose
are familiar to every midshipman: the large and fearsome hos-
pital dominating its point, Misery Hall on the second deck of
the gymnasium, with its relief for cuts and bruises, sprains and
shin-splints, and of course the sick bay in the basement of Ban-
croft Hall, mecca for midshipmen boasting everything from
double pneumonia to a second period Steam test.

Even during the three-month practice cruise each year the
Medical Department follows us, for the health of the Brigade
is its responsibility. Innoculations are given for any disease
common to the countries on our agenda. Seasick pills are dis-
tributed to those whose tendencies are more toward solid land,
and all food obtained outside of the United States is carefully
inspected.

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A series of Friday night lectures given by the Department of
Hygiene provides the general information necessary to Naval
officers to keep themselves and their ships healthy. These
lectures include such subjects as elementary physiology, care

lieut. (ig) T. B. McNomara, It. Comdr. R. Peningfon, Jr., Comdr. K. L. Longeway, Dental Com-
mander; Capt. W. W. Hargrove, Comdr. H. F. Lenhordl, Lt. Comdr. P. Kwiatkowski, Lieut,
(jg) G. Morrice.

and prevention of disease, effects and dangers of habitual use
of narcotics, alcohol, tobacco, and caffeine, community and
Naval hygiene, and first aid. The first day that most of us spent
on Academy grounds was passed in the tender hands of the
Medical Department. During the longest hours of our lives we
acted the part of prize stock at a state fair: eyes, ears, mouth,
throat, legs, arms, back — nothing escaped the doctors, and
when finally we straggled out of the sick bay and into a Naval
career we had nothing more to worry about — until the exami-
nation the next year. And then, after four years, we faced that
last sorting out in which we learned the good or bad news about
our hopes for Marine Corps, aviation, submarines, line, Supply
Corps, or civilian.

Captain W. W. Hargrave (MC) USN, Medical Officer and Head of
Department of Hygiene at the U. S. Naval Academy. Captain
Hargrove v/as ov/orded the Legion of Merit for his work at Pearl
Harbor during World War II. Prior to coming to the Naval Academy
he was in command of the U. S. Naval Hospital, Portsmouth, Va.
Captain Hargrove was responsible for such lecturers as Captain
G. N. Rains, (MC) USN, and Comdr. J. M. Amberson (MC) USNR,
being listed on our lecture schedule.

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.leasantly surrounded by the brick houses of the officers' quarters, winding
Dorsey Creeic, and the practical buildings of the Department of Marine Engineer-
ing is Worden Field. This expanse of green is the parade ground where mid-
shipmen go through their paces for the taxpayers once a week. The memories
of standing at attention under a hot sun and holding a rifle at present arms
through a 21-gun salute are mingled with memories of visiting dignitaries,
June Week exercises, the color company, and presentation of awards. Over-
looking this scene and quite in contrast to it are Melville, Griffin and Isherwood
Halls — where jets of escaping steam and the rumble of heavy machinery
betray the activities of the Steam Department. Without these outward signs its
identity still would be evident — the iron scrollwork under the cornice — the
weird cranks that open the windows on the top floor — and the heatless radiators
form an unfathomable paradox typical of this department.

The ground floor of Isherwood is a veritable heaven for gadgeteers. Here they
can see the gears, mechanisms, and boilers necessary in a mechanized Navy.
Elsewhere can be found the Hydraulic Laboratory, the Thermodynamics
Laboratory, the Foundry and Machine Shops; reminiscent of two hour drills,
lost BTU's and molten metal running everywhere except in the mould.

Griffin Hall is unusual in that a branch of the Electrical Engineering Department
is housed there. Here, completely surrounded by steam, we ran our D.C. motors
and generators, blew fuses and circuit breakers, and welded live leads to the
floor in innocent bliss.

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Captain Wells L. Field, head of the Department of Electrical
Engineering, has brought to the course of radio and electronics an
interest that aroused the class to an unprecedented level of
participation. He gave his whole-hearted support to the new
electronics research committee.

Equipped with classroom and textbook knowledge, we report to
the "juice" lab to apply and dig out more. Hot leads, sparks, and
blown out meters are not exceptional nor acceptable.

With the advent of electricity in various and sundry depart-
ments of Naval Science, the qualifications of the Naval officer had
to be broadened so that he would have a working knowledge
of this vast and rather complex field. No longer could elec-
tricity be a mere word to the Naval officer. No longer could he
confine it to the narrow walls of the laboratory nor to the work
of those w^ho at birth had shown capabilities of the genius sort.
For electricity was no longer an acquaintance by hearsay but it
had, in fact, become an everyday helpmeet and it was now the
Naval officer's duty and responsibility to learn the ways and
idiosyncrasies of this, his new servant, so that the two of them
might work in close cooperation in achieving an ultimate end.
Although electricity is a helpful servant it might, if abused,
vent its spleen, causing destruction and chaos.

Cognizant of the fact that the Naval officer had to have both
a theoretical and practical know^ledge of the aforementioned
field, the Naval Academy was faced with the task of integrating
this science with those already holding impressive places in
the science that is the Navy. The uninitiated, the embryonic
Nelson, the midshipman had to be taught, acclimated and in-
formed in regards to this mighty source of power and it w^as
upon the already weary shoulders of that Department, which
now IS known as the Department of Electrical Engineering,

Bottom row: H. H. Baker, Cdr. R. S. Sellars, Cdr. R. P. Bowles, D. G. Howard, Capf. L M.
Cockoday, E. W. Thomson, Capf. W. L. Field, Capt. G. C. Seay, Cdr. A. F. Morash, J. C.
Gray, Cdr. A. G. Hay, J. L. Daley, Cdr. H. G. Kirkpatrick. Second row.- R. E. Trumble,
E. J. Cook, Cdr. R. F. Kelly, Cdr. F. E. Wexel, Cdr. R. S. Harlan, Cdr. D. 1. Harris, Lcdr.
C. S. Hart, Cdr. W. S. Finn, Cdr. L. D. Earle, Cdr. J. F. Bauer, Cdr. R. C. Turner, Cdr. C. R.
Dwyer, Cdr. D. B. Cohen, G. H. McFarlin, G. E. Leydorf, W. C. Connolly, E. R. Pinksfon.
Third row: V^. D. Pennington, LCdr. E. M. Brabender, LCdr. F. C. Follon, LCdr. R. M. Brownlie,
LCdr. J. A. Fairchild, LCdr. W. H. Fisher, LCdr. B. S. Forrest, LCdr. C. F. Pinkerton, LCdr.
E. R. Mumford, LCdr. R. O'Neill, LCdr. E. M. Greer, LCdr. R. S. Eastman, P. A. Hall, H. E. Carr.
Fourth row: LCdr. C. A. McHose, LCdr. E. G. Miller, LCdr. W. R. DeLoach, LCdr. E. M.
Compton, LCdr. C. T. Latimer, LCdr. C. H. Raney, LCdr. R. N. Perley, LCdr. E. N. McWhite,
Ens. A. C. Bigley, LCdr. H. C. Lank, LCdr. J. M. Robertson, J. F. Kelley, R. A. Goodwin,
W. M. Smedley. Fifitt row: Lt. E. J. Bath, J. R. Smithson, LCdr. G. M. Howes, LCdr. H. J.
Brantingham, LCdr. P. S. Smith, LCdr. W. W. Trice, LCdr. C. Holovak, LCdr. D. S. Bill,
Lt. P. A. Tickle, LCdr. P. H. Burkhart, LCdr. J. W. McCoy, Lt. J. A. Anders, J. A. Lee,
J. R. Heverly.

Commander Sellers points out the workings, the necessities, and
the dangers of a radar console. The Safety Precautions will be
our guide.

A typical Radar Barge drill — first the lecture, then the discussion,
the quiz, and last we examined the gear.

that the task fell.

After a basic course of a year and one half of general sciences,
those of chemistry and physics which after all are, and have
been, the basis of most of man's dealings with the problems of
life and its survival, the midshipman is introduced to the
elementary aspects of that intangible and complex quantity
known as electricity. The simple principles of negative and
positive particles of matter and their affinity or dislike for
one another form the basement or foundation upon which the
towering structure of Man's Application of Electricity has been
erected.

From the basic to the intricate is the step one takes half
way through second class year as the department prods the
midshipman down the bumpy road of Alternating Current.
No longer is the solution obvious nor its acquisition direct,
for when the midshipman encounters the practical applications
of this great force he is also aware of its accompanying idi-
osyncrasies . . . those which make it useful . . . those which
make it practical. Radio . . . electronics . . . motors . . . gen-
erators and transformers are everyday tools with which
the Naval officer works . . . indispensable factors in the
running and handling of a ship . . . life savers in the various
and deadly elements of war. All these things are that to him
and they are that because he knows them . . . knows their
capabilities . . . their maladies . . . and the remedies for those
maladies. The power of this great force is his for he can harness
it with his knowledge.

He//o Red Ship, this is Blue Ship. How do you hear me? Over. We
tested communications on the Barge ... In the lab, the lucky
man records the data and watches the circuit breakers.

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Captain C. S. Seabring, USN, head of the Department of Marine
Engineering, came to the Academy after giving valuable service
in bringing out some of Germany's secrets before they could be
destroyed. He was among the first allied personnel to land on
German-held territory and was charged with the responsibility of
bringing to the United States the famous German hydrogen
peroxide propelled submarine. His foresight and knowledge of
modern engineering and its techniques has been shown in this
year's steam course.

Bottom row: Prof. W. E. Farrell, Cdr. W. A. Brockett, Cdr. A. E. Parker, Cdr. E. F. Dissette
Cdr. J. G. Spongier, Copt. C. S. Seabring, Cdr. I. C. Eddy, Cdr. M. B. O'Connor, Cdr.
F. M. Parker, Cdr. J. W. Williams, Jr., Senior Professor G. Beneze. Second row: Cdr. V. B.
Graff, Cdr. L J. Flynn, Cdr. J. B. Denny, Cdr. R. H. Holmes, Cdr. F. H. Wahlig, Cdr. R. A.
Keating, Jr., Cdr. C. B. Jackson, Jr., Cdr. J. F. Enrighf, Cdr. G. Wendelburg. Third row:
Cdr. J. D. Bulkeley, Cdr. M. P. Refo, III, Cdr. J. L. Semmes, Cdr. J. H. Raymer, Cdr. C. O. Akers.
Cdr. G. W. lautrop, Jr., Cdr. F. D. Whalen, Cdr. R. B. Kelly, fourfh row: Cdr. W. F,
Morrison, Cdr. W. J. Schlacks, Cdr. G. F. Neel, Jr., Cdr. G. B. Williams, Cdr. W. K. Rotliff,
Cdr. E. H. McDowell, Cdr. F. E. Wilsie, Cdr. J. A. Leonard. FUlh row: Assoc. Prof. A. E. Bock,
Cdr. J. E. Wicks, Cdr. J. C. Whistler, Cdr. J. E. Mansfield, Cdr. W. M. Bjork, LCdr. E. V. Knox,
Asst. Prof. E. J. Ziurys. Sixth row: LCdr. C. W. Jenkins, LCdr. T. M. Ustick, LCdr. I. D. Dewey,
ICdr. J. B. Sweeney, Jr., LCdr. L. V. Forde, Asst. Prof. D. W. Seavey. Seventh row: Asst.
Prof. T. C. Gillmer, LCdr. B. F. Maker, LCdr. W. S. Kimball, LCdr. C. D. McCall, LCdr. C. F.
Pfeifer, Assoc. Prof. R. M. Johnston. Eighfh row: LCdr. E. J. Fisher, LCdr. B. J. Germershausen,
LCdr. K. W. Miller, LCdr. R. G. Mayer, Jr., LCdr. W. A. Walker, III, LCdr. R. C. Porter, Jr.
Ninth row: LCdr. J. J. A. Michel, LCdr. J. V. Cameron, LCdr. G. V. Rogers, LCdr. C. C.
Schmuck, Jr., LCdr. R. Hartford, LCdr. C. F. Leigh, Assoc. Prof. T. J. Benac. Top row: LCdr.
S. J. Caldwell, Jr., LCdr. E. F. Rye, LCdr. D. P. Polatty, Jr., Ens. D. P. Dick, Ens. K. L. Shugart,
Jr., Lt. (ig) L. O. Clausen.

Through the years, man has advanced slowly but steadily
in the manner of propelling himself from place to place.
At one stage the Clipper ship was thought to be the epitome
in fast travel, but then the unbelievers raised their voices in
unison and in argument, not only did they argue verbally but
they backed up their protestations with proof. Both Watts
and Fulton refused to be stymied by the stagnant pool, which
was the smug complacency of the people of the time, they
harnessed steam vi^hich hithertofore had been used only for
steaming open clandestine billet-douxs.

It was obvious to the earlier authorities at the Naval
Academy that propulsion by steam was about to supplant the
glamorous sailing ship. As they were cognizant of this fact,
they felt that it was their duty to integrate the science, that is
Marine Engineering, into the curriculum of the Naval Academy.
Therefore, as a result of their conscientiousness, the midshipman
of today is blessed and doubly blessed with the various and
sundry courses sponsored by the Deaprtment of Marine Engi-
neering.

Throughout the late and sultry days of the midshipman's
first summer at the Naval Academy, the belabored plebe
struggles through his introduction to the astute gentlemen with
the drooping ties. The introductory course is one entitled
Engineering Drawing, consisting of blue print encrypting and
decrypting, which would prove the basis for a more complete

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THE IDEA . . . Plebe drawing and descriptive geometry gave us
the basic quality of being able to put our ideas on paper.

THE MEN . . . through snow, rain, or sunshine we went to the
Isherwood group to tacicle the problem of mechanics.

understanding of the courses which were to follow in the next
few years.

After the trees start to drop their natural raiment and start
to pick up "human foliage," the midshipman progresses to the
next stage in the process of becoming a finished engineer. This
stage being that which is concerned with the ingenious piping
and throttling processes which distribute the over par-boiled
water from the boiler to wherever it has been predestined to go.

Once the practical aspects of the situation have been
brought under control the now quite erudite midshipman
leaves the realm of the "snipe" and moves into the world of
the white collared engineer. The subject now to be consumed
and digested is that of Fluid Mechanics, a course that dissects
and analyzes the apparently simple phenomena of the flow of
water, oil, and any sundry liquid that might be encountered
in the science that is the Navy. If the water remained as it is
when it is sucked from the ocean the case would be com-
paratively simple, however, steam propels the modern ship
and unfortunately the properties of these vapors vary not only
from water but among themselves. To meet the exigencies
of the case, which these differences present, the midshipman
is given a course in Thermodynamics complete with Moliere
charts, flaming slide rules, and unfathomable formulae.

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THE PLANS . . . the fruit of our efforts over the drawing boards
. . . the link between planning and execution.

THE FINISHED PRODUCT ... we viewed the applications of all
our planning skill . . . then we learned to operate the products
to our advantage.

THE WORK . . . from our plans the machine shop and the
foundry transmits two dimensions into three . . . the plan into
actuality.

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Seated: B. M. Shepard; D. C. Slanftll; M. C. McFarland; W. L. Rees;
J. E. Drain. Standing: G. L. Siri; B. S. Bartholemeu; M. M. Bonner;
F. W. Graham; T. J. Wallers.

In the ranks of the midshipmen that daily wend their way
to the Isherwood Hall group some men consider Marine
Engineering in the same light that the philatelist considers
stamps, or that the average father considers his son's electric
trains. These men have banded together with the idea that a
common interest should be shared in order that greatest enjoy-
ment might be derived by all.

Just this year under the presidency of Midshipman Milton
McFarland the United States Naval Academy Marine Engi-
neering Club became a member of good standing in the American
Society of Mechanical Engineers. This is evidence indeed that
the Steam Club has progressed far in the technical field and is
an organization v^hich by its constructive genius has added to
the prestige of the Naval Academy. By adding to the fame of
the whole, it has added to the prestige of the individual mid-
shipman. This is a fact that we should all become cognizant
of, and having realized it, should join in a . . . well done ... to
the Marine Engineering Club.

Bob Tatum, Waldo Rees and Bob Lyie, three active members of
the steam club, discussing the construction of a modern Naval
turbine. Below, three more steam stalwarts study the installation
of the turbine and its supporting machinery.

Professor Rudolph Michael, Vice President of the Eastern division
of the ASME addresses the ME club at their installation as a
student chapter of the ASME.

Present at the installation were: M. C. McFarland, President Student Chapter; Capt. H. A.
Spanagel, Superintendent PG School; Prof. P. B. Eaton, Vice President A.S.M.E.; Capt.
C. S. Seafaring USN, Head Dept. M. E.; Capt. George C. Seay, USN, Exec. Dept. E. E.;
Prof. Rudulph Michael; W. L. Rees, Vice President Student Chapter. Back row: Prof. R. W.
Johnston, Honorary Chairman, Student Chapter; Prof. F. D. Cruishanks, Catholic University;
Cdr. C. H. Meigs, USN, Bureau Ships Representative; Cdr. J. M. Court, Bureau Ships
Representative; Prof. M. E. Weschlur, Catholic University; Cdr. W. A. Borchett, USN,
Dept. M. E.; Cdr. C. I. Eddy, USN, Exec. Dept. M. E.; Prof. George Beneze, Dept. M. E.

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Marching onto the field Is the Brigade Color Guard, carrying the
Stars and Stripes and the Academy colors.

Occasionally it is our privilege to present a parade for such
distinguished visitors as the military and naval United Nations
Commission.

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Midshipman R. E. Nicholson and his staff stand before their
company. The Brigade is drawn up at attention to be presented to
the reviewing party.

On the Brigade Commander's command, Pass in review, the band
strikes up the tune Anchors Aweigh. Another parade comes to an
end as the last company does an "eyes right" while passing the
reviewing party.

Every man who has ever marched in a P-rade has undoubtedly
muttered to himself at one time or another, "I wish I was out
there watchin' instead of in here shufflin' along." As far as
P-rades are concerned, there is only one that a midshipman
looks forward to, that being the last one during June Week
of his first class year. At that time, though, if he is a sentimen-
talist, he might even shed a tear or two over the fact that
no longer will there be 48 men absent from the 2nd regiment.

The sandblowers marching in the rear ranks are the real
beasts of burden at a P-rade. They never see what goes on.
Their field of vision is limited to the back of Joe Gish's neck,
an arm's distance in front of him. The only thing that makes a
P-rade bearable for these men are the stirring strains of "Dixie. "

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DRUM & BUGLE CORPS. Front row: T. E. Stanley, E. C. Higgins, S. C. Burgess, W. M.
Smith, R. I. Meinhold, W. S. Stornetta, W. A. Williams, O. C. Rath, C. R. Whipple, Second
row: J. D. MacKenzie, W. D. Hoggard, D. Clement, W. A. Finlay, M. S. Klingensmith,
E. E. Williams, C. R. White, S. S. Cox. Third row: W. E. McGarrah Jr., E. A. Chevalier,
L. R. Davis, J. M. Henderson, J. C. Bajus, W. H. Vonier M. V. Schlappi. fourth row; G. D.
Dorfus, G. D. Morin, R. L. Krag, J. E. McGorrah, H. J. Nix, J. S. Patterson, C. A. Skinner,
fifth row: S. H. Nile, M. S. Shutty, C. C. Whitener, T. A. LeDew, W. J. Hennessy, R. L.
Waltons, J. P. Cavenaugh. Sixth row: S. L. Doaks, P. F. Hughes, J. E. Inskeep, R. H. Nelson,
M. A. locono, D. W. Thurston. Back row: C. J. Thro, T. H. Ross, F. J. Sterner, J. S. McFeothers,
R. W. Ridenour, W. G. Petty, J. F. Ingalls.

The Drum and Bugle Corps functions under the Brigade
activities for the purpose of playing the Brigade into Bancroft
Hall at outside meal formations and to supplement the Naval
Academy Band at Brigade parades and away football games.
The "Hellcats," as they are better known, are at their best
while marching and playing at the weekly P-rades. All eyes
turn to watch the Drum and Bugle boys strut their stuff down
the length of Worden Field amid the fluttering banners on the
bugles and a good deal of extra flourishes from the rear rank

drummers. When the notorious Annapolis week-end weather
allows an outside formation Saturday or Sunday noon, the
average visitor has his best chance of seeing the Corps in
action. The drums roll off at the Brigade Commander's order
"Forward, March" and the Brigade marches off the terrace at
120 beats per minute. Baltimore has seen the "Hellcats"
during the fall v^hen the Brigade marched en route to the
football stadium and also marching onto the field at the stadium.

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To those midshipmen of the first class who performed their
duties in an outstanding manner as previous stripers goes the
honor of wearing the stripes during the spring term. While the
fall and winter sets had little recognition for the work they
had done, the spring stripers are well compensated by appear-
ing often before the public in their positions of honor. They
may demonstrate their leadership abilities at outside forma-
tions, P-rades, and at special drills for distinguished visitors.
Durmg June Week they have the opportunity to present their
unity before large groups of visitors. The lucky commander
of the color company is further honored ... he gets to choose
the color girl that shares with him the honors of a parade in
recognition of his company's achievements.

This is the bright side of the striper's life . . . there is another
side of plain hard work that shouldn't be overlooked. Like his
predecessors in the fall and winter sets, he is concerned with
many time consuming tasks. His job is even harder ... he often
has to stay inside making up watch bills, filing correspondence,
and doing those urgent jobs that contiilUally descend on the
striper, while his classmates are outside enjoying the spring
weather or taking off on a week end.

Because extra care was utilized in selecting this set of
stripers, it is not surprising to discover that they are serving
in their respective capacities in an excellent manner.

DRUM AND BUGLE CORPS COMMANDERS. Fall t»f: J. R. Bavie; VVinfer tef: F. L Bowenox;
Spring lef: T. E. Stanley.

BRIGADE STAFF. R. U. Scott, Commander; R. E. Schwoeffermann, Sub Commander; W. J.
Laubendorfer, C.P.O; D. D. Foulds, Operations; R. T. Styer, Supply; I. M. McCurdy,
Adjutant; W. A. Kanakanui, Communications; H. B. Moore, C.P.O.

FIRST REGIMENTAL STAFF. R. E. Shimshok, Commander; J. M. Davis, Sub Commander;
R. S. Chew, Supply; F. W. Orr, C.P.O.; M. D. Marsh, Adjutant; D. L. Wright, Communications;
W. N. Small, C.P.O.

SECOND REGIMENTAL STAFF. R. N. Smith, Commander; G. L. Hoffman, Sub Commander;
R. K. Russell, Supply; J. S. Crosby, C.P.O.; W. H. Barton, Adjutant; J. E. Callahan, Com-
munications; W. G. Brendle, C.P.O.

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FIRST BATTALION STAFF. C. G. Strahley, Commander; S. W. Dunn, Adjutant; W. V.
Moore, C.P.O.; G. W. Marshall, Baft. Exec; T. E. Alexander, Supply.

SECOND BATTALION COMPANY COMMANDERS. J. W. Klinefelter, 5th Company;
R. C. Adorns, 6th Company; J. W. McCord, 7th Company; W. Wegner, 8th Company.

SECOND BATTALION STAFF. P. L. Quinn, Commonder; R. W. Bates, Batt. Exec; W. L
Rees, Supply; F. J. Suttill, Adjutant; R. E. Berggren, C.P.O.

THIRD BAHALION COMPANY COMMANDERS. J. DeGoede, 9th Company; F. I. Nelson,
1 0th Company; R. L. Ghormley, 1 1th Company; H. S. Harris, 12th Company.

THIRD BATTALION STAFF. T. Woods, Commander; B. A. Moore, Bott. Exec; H. Gurmon,
C.P.O.; H. A. True, Adjutant; L. W. Mulbry, Supply.

FOURTH BATTALION STAFF. R. R. Carson, Commander; C. Mertz, Bott. Exec; R. A. Cochran,
C.P.O.; R. W. Hanby, Adjutant; G. T. Balzer, Supply.

FOURTH BAHALION COMPANY COMMANDERS. R. A. Schulti, 1 3th Company; A. M.
Poteet, 1 4th Company; D. M. Smith, 1 5th Company; R. E. Nicholson, 1 6th Company.

FIFTH BATTALION STAFF. C. E. Hathaway, Commander; R. C. Morrow, Batt. Exec; R. R.
Neely, Supply; P. N. Sherrill, Adjutant; A. L Market, C.P.O.

SIXTH BAHALION STAFF. W. H. Barnes, Commander; J. K. Welsh, Executive; D. H. Corson,
Supply; E. F. Resch, Adjutant; K. M. Treadwell, C.P.O.

FIFTH BATTALION COMPANY COMMANDERS. D. B. Hatmaker, 17th Company;
E. N. Wells, I 8th Company; K. B. Webster, 1 9th Company; S. K. Moore, 20th Company.

SIXTH BATTALION COMPANY COMMANDERS. C. A. Fowler, 21st Company; B. W. Bevii,
22nd Company; J. M. Ivey, 23rd Company; H. S. Crosby, 24th Company.

One of the shady corners of the yard is occupied by a
small but important building recently taken over by the
Aviation Department. Built as a Naval Dispensary, the
Aviation Building has served as a classroom building for
one year. Alongside is the Tripoli tan Monument. The
monument is one of the oldest in the yard and was built
in memory of the Naval officers who died in the service
of their country during the Tripolitan Wars. For beauty,
in fact and in setting, no monument can surpass it.

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y far the largest number of recitations are spent in the academic group
known specifically as Mohan, Maury, and Sampson Halls. Residing peacefully
side by side in Maury are the Departments of Mathematics and English,
History, and Government. That no friction is evident is probably due to the
careful division of control over the entrances, each department guarding
jealously its assigned doors to prevent the escape of Midshipmen reciting in a
different department who might choose the shortest route baclc. The
struggles with integration, a dangling modifier, and the battle of Jutland are
fond reminders of this hall.

Across the way in Sampson Hall is the realm of the Department of Electrical
Engineering. Education in this department starts on the top floor in the Chemistry
Lob where the search for lost ions was the problem of the day, to the bottom
floor where alternating currents had to be traced out first class year. Somewhere
between these labs is situated the lecture hall where profs visually demon-
strated the phenomena studied and resorted to such expedients as firing guns
to rudely awalcen those inclined to slumber.

Mohan HaJI, namesake of the great exponent of sea power, lies between the
other two. Here every provision is made for the satisfaction of cultural pursuits
of the Midshipman. Here is found an extensive library with an up-to-date
collection of periodicals, a valuable collection of ship models from ancient
sailing vessels to the latest additions to the fleet, and an auditorium where the
Midshipman receives his weekly entertainment ration — the Saturday night
movie. On special occasions a play by the versatile Masqueraders or an enter-
tainment by the Combined Musical Clubs is presented. The clock in the tower,
striking the hours in the special bell system of the Navy, aids in keeping track
of that requisite to a well ordered life — time.

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History, and Government, came to the Academy in 1946. Prior to
his service here he was chief staff officer of Lion 9. His wartime
record includes service as Commanding Officer of the Farraguf,
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In the formal atmosphere of the after dinner speaking room and
in the presence of nervous classmates, critical instructors and
honored guests. Midshipmen receive practical experience in after
dinner speaking.

Plebe summer we sortied with the "Bull" Department in a
series of museum tours, library periods, and evening lectures
acquainting us with, and indoctrinating us in, the general tradi-
tions and customs of the service we had entered. We were to
cope with, and benefit from, the guidance of the department for
our entire four years. Now as past-graduates w^e have con-
sciously or otherwise acquired a literary polish which is
generally associated with gentlemen and officers. We were
exposed to instruction which promoted clarity and effective-
ness both in speech and in writing. We got an understanding
of the trends of history, the factors affecting international
relationships, government, economics, and national policies.

Fourth class year we had exercise in oral composition,
followed up third class year with practice in various speech
situations. The final touch came with formal after-dinner
speaking first class year.

Each year we progressed in literary appreciation. English
and American literature were predominant. We studied great
masterpieces of France, Spain, Germany, and Russia — novels

Seofed; Cdr. F. M. Gambacorta, Prof. H. F. Sturdy, Prof. W. A. Darden, Prof. R. S. Merrick,
Sr. Prof. A. F. Wesfcotf, Copt. G. P. Hunter, Copt. J. H. Howard, Prof. C. L. Lewis. Prof. R. S.
Pease, Lt. Col. J. W. Dobson, Cdr. J. A. Dodson. Second row: Inst. E. Goodman, Assoc. Prof. A.
S. Pitt, Assoc. Prof. J. T. Pole, Inst. H. A. Wycherley, Assoc. Prof. R. D. Bass, Inst. W. L. Heflin,
Asst. Prof. H. H. Bell, Assoc. Prof. J. C. Reed, Assoc. Prof. R. H. James, Assoc. Prof. J. R.
Cutling. Third row: Assoc. Prof. R. S. West, Inst. W. H. Russel, Asst. Prof. E. J. Mahoney,
Inst. J. R. Probert, Inst. J. P. Boatman, Assoc. Prof. E. H. Clark, Jr., Inst. H. O. Werner,
Asst. Prof. W. W. Jefferies. Fourth row: Assoc. Prof. J. R. Fredlond, Inst. P. C. Dunlevy,
Inst. W. M. Bastion, Lt. Cdr. R. L. Scott, USNR, Inst. R. W. Daly, Inst. W. B. Pendergast,
Assoc. Prof. A. B. Cook, Inst. T. P. Carpenter, Lt. Cdr. D. S. Chay, USN, Inst. J. P. C.
McCarthy, Inst. P. E. Colleta, Lt. Cdr. C. P. Krantz, USN, Inst. R. M. Longdon, Inst. R. L. Mason,
Inst. J. H. F. Brewer. Fifth row: Assoc. Prof. E. B. Potter, Inst. H. H. Lumpkin, Cdr. W. H.
McRee, USN, Lt. Cdr. W. E. Skill, USN, Inst. F. G. Holahon, Asst. Prof. E. M. Hall, Lt. Cdr.
W. W. Evans, USNR, Inst. F. E. Duddy.

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which were more along the line of pleasure reading rather than
hard study. Our interest was diverted from the engineering
fields and fostered in the literary.

We received a basic concept of history of the western
world beginning with ancient times, through the medieval
era, down to a thorough handling of our own government's
development and its present status. First class year we started
all over again dealing with history from the Naval stand point.
We learned about sea power in general and about American
sea power and the significant role the latter played in the
recent war.

Uhrary. Under the supervision of a professional librarian,
Associate Professor Louis H. Bolander, with a staff of able
assistants, the Naval Academy library has for its mission to
provide all forms of reading material, reference, and research
to the entire Severn River Naval Command. Its worth is not
appreciated by anyone more than by the midshipmen. Since
Its founding in September of 1845 the library has accessioned
a total of 111,963 volumes including the largest collection of
Naval books, documents, technical reports, and periodicals
in the United States. The Reference Department, the most
helpful branch of the library, answered 2,866 questions asked
by midshipmen, officers, faculty members, and the general
public during our first class year alone.

FirtI row: James M. Saunders, Associate Librarian, Chief of Catalog Dept.; Louis H.
Bolander, Associate Professor, Librarian; George R. luckett, Associate Librarian, Chief of
Reference Dept. Second row: Allen C. Westcott, Clerk; Alice S. Brumbock, Library
Assistant, Chief of Circulation Dept.; Ruby R. Duval, Clerk; Isaac W. Windsor,
Assistant Librarian, Chief of Order Dept.; Patrick F. Clancy, Junior Librarian, Assistant
Cataloger; Thelma J. Sears, Clerk-Typist; Helen D. Brewer, Clerk-Typist.

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How often we have sat in the front row and w^atched these
masters of mathematical mysteries and thought how wonderful
it would be to understand what they were talking about.

But somehow in spite of our uncooperative attitude and
seemingly unadapted minds these men accomplished their
task. The deep secrets of "figgering" somehow were forced
on us and the slide rule and trig tables were not monsters of a
mathematical nightmare but useful aids in our engineering
curriculum.

In fact some of us were so impressed by the powers of num-
bers that we could not rest knowing that unconquered fields
lay ahead. Of our number, these are banded together into the
highly scientific organization the Math Club. With their goal
as a better understanding of the science that man has only
broken the surface of, they strive to achieve a better under-
standing and appreciation of the subject that has kept the
w^orld thinkers busy ever since man found out he had ten toes.
To the Math Club will come the satisfaction of facts that bind
us to a world of numbers.

MATH CLUB. Bottom row: W. L. Bryan, N. S. Potter, S. J. Grief, R. N. Tatum, E. S. Iverson,
J. F. Leyerle, G. W. Hamilton. Top row: H. B. Barl<ley, W. D. Shoughnejsy, H. P. Kilroy,
F. B. Graham, K. J. Schlaghecic, B. S. Morgan.

MATH. DEPT. Bottom row: Professors J. R. Blond, W. A. Conrad, J. Tyler, J. B. Scarborough,
A. Dillingham, Sr. Professor J. N. Galloway, Cmdr. R. P. Fiola, USN, Captain R. M. Zimmerii,
USN, Sr. Professor L. T. Wilson, Professors J. B. Eppes, G. R. Clements, R. C. Lamb, E. S.
Mayer, L. M. Kells. Second row: Assoc. Professors E. E. Betz, J. C. Abbott, L. H. Chambers,
T. W. Moore, N. H. Ball, H. C. Stotz, G. A. Lyie, Lt. Cdr. H. C. Ayres, USNR, Lt. Cdr. W. F.
Eckley, USNR, Major W. L. Bart, USA, Lieut. S. S. Morris, USNR, Assoc. Professors E.
Hawkins, A. E. Currier, J. R. Hammond, R. P. Bailey, C. P. Brady. Third row: Instructors
J. Milkman, G. J. Mann, M. V. Gibbons, Asst. Professors H. L. Kinsolving, J. F. Paydon,
J. F. Milos, S. S. Saslaw, R. C. Morrow, Assoc. Professor J. P. Hoyt, Asst. Professors C. W.
Seekins, J. M. Holme, O. M. Thomas, W. R. Cherry, Instructors A. R. Craw, E. C. Gros,
K. F. McLaughlin, Asst. Professor K. L. Palmquist. Top row: Instructors C. E. Thompson,
M. F. Stilwell, P. J. Kiernan, B. H. Buikstra, E. C. Watters, G. R. Shrohl, Jr., H. L. Sohl,
R. C. Rand, J. W. Popow, R. W. Rector, W. J. Strange, J. A. Tierney, J. H. White, J. R.
Gorman, N. O. Niles, E. G. SwafFord.

Captain Rupert M. Zimmerii, head of the Department of Mathe-
matics, has served at the Academy for several years. During the
war he organized advanced amphibious bases in Europe.

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Take two parts of the Bohemian atmosphere of Greenwich
Village, muddle in a little bit of the old Souf, add the spice
and variety of a gambling casino on the French Riviera, and you
have "Out On A Limb," the 1948 Combined Musical Clubs
Production. The recipe is guaranteed to serve a whole
Brigade.

Under the capable direction of Lin Locffler, '48, the show
swung into production before Christmas leave when the script
was written by Wally Knetz with the collaboration of Warren
Parr, Roy Goldman, Bob Frost and Bud Ince.

Combining slapstick and melodrama into a vehicle for the
four hit tunes written by Wally Knetz, the bulk of the show
told of the dream adventures of one, Tommy McCarthy, a

Everyone was "Out on a Limb" with the Musical Clubs. E. S. Ince
as Professor Plotnick, G. R. McFadden as Dahlia Vanderdyke,
C. A. (Skip) Orem as Tommy, D. P. Travis as Eve, R. J. Riger as
the drunk ... a few of the characters who gave their all to
produce the laughs.

Greenwich Village saloon-keeper, played and sung by Skip
Orem. After being clouted on the head by a bleary-eyed
dipsomaniac played by Bob Riger, Tommy wanders in his
unconscious mind to his fiancee's plantation in Alabama and
to an elite Casino near Nice. Eventually he winds up by suc-
cessfully wooing and winning the girl in the case, Pat Travis,
over the strenuous objections of her father, Murray Silverman.
The Glee Club, the NA-10, a special group of songsters
who call themselves the 12 '50's, and a real gone combo
headed by Lou Capone, added musical spice to the show. In
the realm of clefs and stanzas, the real highlights of the show
were the four tuneful original songs especially composed by
Wally Knetz. THe Village Way of Life, Lady with an Elegant Air,
Who Knows? and the title song Out On A Limb.

SOUND GANG. J. W. Ingram, W. C. Vejser, W. M. Trueidell, D. C. Panfle, D. M. Harlan,
J. P. Cavanough, W. S. Young, C. M. Rigsbee, J. D. Brown.

PROPERTY GANG. B. A. Weisheit, H. P. Kilroy, R. J. Millie, O. C. Rath, W. H. Barton, Jr.,
L S. Pyl«», C. R. Wozencroft, V. C. Benjovsky, R. P. Inman.

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THE NA-10. Firif row: Piano: Capone; Saxes: Blakney, Ennis, Singleton, Watson, Conning-
hom. Garner. Second row: Stand: McArthur, Bowden; Drums; Chevalier; Bass:
Bracken; Troms: Patterson, McGarrean, Troscher, Tollefson. Third row: Horns: Schutty, May,
Burgess, Skinner.

The "brains" behind the Musical Clubs Show — Lt. Cmdr. C. B.
Shaw, Officer Representative, Comdr. A. Konigsberg, (SC), Techni-
cal Adviser, Prof. D. C. Giiley, Musical Adviser, and Lin Loeffler,
Director of the Combined Clubs.

Words and Music by Wally Kentz . . . composer of four songs,
one was the title song, and co-writer of the show.

Murray Silverman ... as Colonel Vanderdyke is the best Rebel
that ever came from New York.

Tenny Sprague with an hilarious pantomime number, and
Bud Ince, gesticulating wildly as a mad professor contributed
in the comedy department, while Skip Orem's able crooning
of "Who Knows?" added a touch of romance to the production.

Commander Koningsberg who directed and whipped the
cast into shape, Lt. Comdr. C. B. Shaw, the officer represen-
tative for the production and Professor D. C. Giiley who
contributed the musical know-how, were all invaluable in the
successful presentation of the show.

The usual capable ministrations of the Juice Gang under the
direction of Jim Moore, the Stage Gang, headed by Gordy
Engle, the Prop Gang, Make-up Gang, and Business Gang,

GLEE CLUB. Bottom row: J. A. Morris, K. A. Kirby, T. A. Ross, A. L. Loeffler, Prof. D. C.
Giiley, F. D. Jackson, R. D. Reem, B. M. Shepord, J. F. Harper. Second row: H. G. Richard,
W. D. Smith, R. J. Silvestrini, J. R. Morrison, J. H. Bres, E. N. OstrofT, E. H. Wood, R. E.
Stewart, D. P. Travis, J. N. Mehelos. Third row: C. W. Nyquist, C. J. Tetrick, O. H. Ware,
C. W. Buzzell, A. D. Jones, J. A. Modigan, W. F. Barbazette, R. J. Millie, D. R. Carlisle.
Fourth row: W. W. Fritz, J. G. Skldmore, S. Guch, E. A. Burkhalter, B. F. Price, J. E. Miessen,
G. A. Prince, P. T. Johnson. Fifth row. Herndon, L. R. Stegemerten, T. R. Golec, W. F.
Foster, W. B. Purse, K. E. Whyte, S. M. Beck. Sixth row: W. J. Herndon, J. H. Billings,
J. L. Head, C. C. Norman, C. R. Welch, L. W. Seagren, W. H. Lynch. Seventh row: J. M.
Donlon, E. C. Waller, G. G. Roberts, W. W. Brandfon, D. L. James, P. L. Stephens, R. M.
Ghormley. Eighth row: J. A. Dickson, J. L. English, C. A. Bivenour, Jr., F. T. Shaver, C. L.
Culwell, D. W. Thurston. Ninth row: T. P. Riger, R. J. Biederman, D. Chertavian, G. P.
Borney, H. K. Alexander, J. R. Foster. Tenth row: J. K. Nunnely, C. E. Bennett, H. M. E.
Keren, W. G. Christoforo, W E Hutchison, R. L. Swart, Jr. Eleventh row: T. S. Rogers,
G. E. Nueller, W. G. Rollins, C. Dobeny, R. W. Hay, H. J. Bakke. Twelfth row: H. E. Ruggles,
H. P. Kilroy, R. N. Lee, G. P. Ritchie, C. A. Brettschneider, C. A. Orem. Thirteenth row: G. L.
Moffett, Jr.,-';C. A.^^Lentz.^R. E."Goodspeed, F. R. Hunter, J. K. Thomas, H. L. Baulch.

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Jack Sherwood, director of the combined orchestra and concert
band, supplied the Brigade with many minutes of fine music.

JUCE GANG. So»>oni row: J. Fenier, R. W. Ridanour, H. E. Rennacker, J. R. Moore, D. Clemants,
J. P. Reddick, Jr., H. J. Nix. Top row. J. H. Spiller, Jr., W. G. Petty, J. Dewing, P. K. Cullins,
S. W. Simons, J. T. Rigibee, P. A. Gallagher, R. D. Pointer.

added immeasurably to the smooth rumiing of both per-
formances.

Out On A Limb as is the case in all the Musical Club shows,
represents the combined efforts of many members of the
Brigade . . . the success of the show is a tribute to the excellent
work done by all hands.

Although the show^ is the crowning event of the year for the
musical clubs, the work of many of the organizations goes on
all year. We have been entertained by the concert band on
several occasions and have listened to their music as back-

ground for several smokers. The Glee Club leads us in Christ-
mas Carols on our last night before Christmas leave. They
too have entertained us on several occasions, and have been
especially well received when aided by glee clubs from nearby
girls schools. The Juice gang is ever-present to lighten our
hops and our holidays. The NA-10 has reached a new high in
technique and popularity. The Sound Gang this year, has
begun a record concert for the evening meal. All things
considered, this has been a successful year for the musical
clubs.

CONCERT (AND. C/orinetj; Cunningham, R. B.j Gunning, T. J.; Black, D. L; Blvenour, C. A.;
Hershner, C. H.; Foley, J. C; Hausold, R. P.; James, D. R. Soxei: Yeager, G. E.; Jacobs.
French Horns: Pogue, D. W.; Gillespie, C. R.; Small, R. H. Flufes: Gunckel, D. L; Eyster, R. E.;
Jones, H. W.; St. Lowronce, R. P. Trumpets: Stornetta, W. K.; Mcintosh, C. D.; Foster, J. M.;

Morrison, J.; Bowersox, F. L; Painter, R. D.; Nelson, R. B. Baritones: Harris, W. L; Cooper,
S. G.; Roenigk, I. L. Oboe: Smith, P. E. Bossoon: Hillis, D. L. Trombones: Dille, E. K.i Broughton,
W. R.; Youngblode, C. J. Basset: Leiser, J. M.; Bennet, C. E.; Lynch, W. H. Drums: Edwards,
L C; Bangsberg, H. V.

STAGE GANG. Standing: D. F. Fenee, H. F. Sweitzer, Jr., W. H. Somerville, D. Lister,
D. A. Dahlman. Seated: M. R. Lachowicz, W. B. Farnsworth, Jr., G. R. Engel, R. C. Anderson,
R. H. Roberts.

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The cast of BOY MEETS GIRL brought together a galaxy of stars in a
hilarious comedy.

J, Carlyle Benson R. F. Frost

Robert Law A. C. Boughton, III

Larry Toms D. W. Thurston

Rosetti H. B. Lipschutz

Mr. Friday (C. F. ) W. I. Goewey

Peggy D. P. Travis

Miss Crews H. R. Buehler

Rodney Bevin J. E. Booth

Gr«m C. W. Lamb

Slade R. J. Springe

Susie J. H. Mathews

Doctor J. T. Ashley, Jr.

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Cutter W. S. Parr, Jr.

Major Thompon D. C. Lind

MAKE-UP GANG. Standing: left to right: W. D. Stcpleton, R. L. White, W. H. Trask,
D. L. Ashcroft. Seated: left to right: J. O. Clark, J. A. Dickson, E. G. Greenberg.

Ace Boughton playing Law: "I don't know but he had a sinister
underlip." J. H. Mathews as Susie: "Oh, you're English."

BUSINESS GANG. Seated: R. K. Ripley, J. W. Green, W. A. Miller. Standing: A. P. Ismoy,
C. T. Howard, J. D. MocKenzie, D. F. Jones.

This play, first produced by George Abbot at the Cort
Theatre, New York in 1935, is the hilarious yarn of Hollywood
screen writers, their problems, and their subjects for scenario.
It appeared again this season through the Masqueraders in
Mahan Hall, produced by H. Scott Holder and directed by
P. N. SherriU, only to prove that situations do not change from
year to year, and that a comedy is as humorous today as it
might have been several years ago, and that Hollywood has not
changed since the closing of the banks.

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H. "Scotty" Holder, producer and calming influence of the Mas-
queraders, managed to iron out all our problems before they
appeared. Pete Sherrill — director extraordinary — the tempest in
our teapot — moved his cast about the stage like a chess player.

"A baby in my office — Good Gad!" Booth, D. C. Lind as Major
Thompson, J. T. Ashley as the doctor, Mathews, and H. R. Buehler
as Miss Crews.

D. W. Thurston as Larry Toms: "Now I don't want you to get too
excited but ..." Jeb Booth in the role of Rodney Bevin: "Do
you really think I should filch some of this broth." Dick Frost por-

traying J. Carlyle Benson: "T'heck with the Rockies . . . back to
the Foreign Legion." W. I. Goewey as C. Elliot Friday: "Not just
another picture, but fhe picture of the year.

Professor Royal S. Pease, Supervisor — brought to us thirty years
of Masqueraders' experience and a nack for giving the cast a
professional polish.

"I gotta way of cuttin' all this Boer War stuff so's you won't even
miss it." Goewey, W. S. Parr as the cutter, Frost, and Boughton.

he welcome climax of a hard year of activity Is June
Week. Lessons and exams are over . . . the Midshipmen
thrive In the luxury of nothing to do but satisfy the
dictates of their pleasure-loving consciences.

After a leisurely morning with the Post or Collier's and a
hurried dinner, Midshipmen rush out in town after
their drags. A pleasant afternoon ... a cross country
hike and perhaps a picnic . . . but ended too quickly by
a mad dash back to the yard in time for the 1700 P-rade.
A struggle for a table in a crowded Annapolis restaurant
... a few worried moments waiting for the drag while
the precious seconds tick off . . . posthaste over the
famous cobblestones to the hop . . . three hours of
pleasure . . . another hour of bliss after the hop ... a
trip with the flying squadron . . . and a night of sound
sleep . . . thus runs the pattern of a typical June Week
day.

Each class has its special big event during June Week . . .
plebes begin their dragging career at the Farewell Ball
. . . youngsters have a special hop . . . second class
hold their elaborate ring dance . . . and first class
climax the week of festivities with their graduation
exercises.

N winners have their night when they are given a special
hop at Hubbard Hall. Their athletic achievements are
further recognized in an awards ceremony.

June Week parades are held to honor those who have
been awarded prizes and to grant recognition to the color
company. Other special events include the superin-
tendent's garden party, where parents and drags meet
the superintendent in a gay and formal setting; and the
No More Rivers ceremony, where the reservoir of satire
accumulated through the four years' stay is unleased on
the executive department, the system, and/or anything
else that has caused dismay.

With graduation excercises gloriously ending their joys
and troubles at the Naval Academy, the new ensigns
leave to take up posts in the fleet, second class take over
their responsibilities and privileges as first class, and
plebes boost one of their classmates to the top of Herndon
Monument, signifying their release from a position of
inferiority and servility. Even at this time new plebes are
on the way to Annapolis to share its joys and disappoint-
ments, and the Academy settles down to its usual routine
until another June Week rolls around.

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Leading hitter and speedy base-steoler Eddie Armstrong, star
second baseman on the team for four years.

The 1948 baseball season was featured by the initial appear-
ance of the Naval Academy nine in the official Eastern Intercol-
legiate League.

Coach Max Bishop, former star second baseman on Connie
Mack's championship Philadelphia Athletics, started the year
with several veterans of previous teams. Andy Frahler was
back for his fourth season as regular left fielder. This was his
second season in the capacity of field captain of the Navy squad.
At second base, Eddie Armstrong again showed that he was
one of the top men in his position in collegiate baseball. The
Brooklyn speed demon was the team's lead-off batter and led
the club in hitting.

Coach Max Bishop finished his eleventh season at Navy. Most
versatile player on the team, Andy Frahler vy^as clean-up man and
Captain of the squad for tvy^o years. Lee Rensberger v^as number
two twirler slated for the top mound position next year. .

Stopper for hot third base-line drives, Pete Boney fired across the
diamond to Glade Brendle at first base. Brendle v/as usually good
for a single in tight games. Morrissey was the target for the pitches
of Ronnie Burton and Lee Rensberger.

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Roger Buck covered the hot space between second and third.
Taking a cut at the ball is lanky Bob Searle, speedy centerflelder
and heavy hitter shown also in a close-up at the right.

Two left-handed first basemen turned in consistently fine
performances at their respective positions. Bill Brendle held
down the first base job, while Bob Searle patrolled center field.
The team's number one pitcher for the third successive year was
Ronnie Burton, a master of control and coolness under fire.

Filling in the rest of the starting spots in the line-up were
Pete Boney, in charge of stopping traffic at third base; Roger
Buck, whose forte was his whip-like throw across the diamond
from shortstop; and John "Mo" Morrissey behind the plate.
In right field Bill Hawkins was in control most of the season,
with Cal Killeen and Carl Goodiel starting several games at
that position.

Behind Burton, Lee Rensberger developed into a very reliable
member of the pitching detail. He gained two shutouts during
the season. Reaves "Base " Baysinger was a capable standby.

Front row: Comdr. J. E. Pace, USN, Officer Representative; C. J. Killeen; W. G. Brendle;
R. S. Burton; A. L. Frahler; R. H. Searle; P. Boney; J. N. Morrissey; Mr. M. F. Bishop, coach.
Second row; J. P. Gaffigan, manager; R. H. Boysinger; W. B. Droge; D. K. Forbes; Ted
Smith; C. Doboney; E. L. Mouzy; W. F. Hawkins; L O. Rensberger; Mr. Doc Snyder, trainer.
Third row; W. B. Anderson; C. D. Goodiel; D. A. Nodig; H. T. Evans; G. J. Murphy; R. L.
Buck; K. E. Bixby; E. S. Armstrong.

Best pitcher in the day League and a hitter who often won his own
ball games, tall easygoing Ronnie Burton!

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Navy Water Polo can be accurately called a true midship-
man's sport. Possessing no regular varsity team for almost a
decade, enthusiasm for the game among exceptionally good
inter-battalion teams has resulted for two years in informal
clashes with the traditional rivals from West Point. Remark-
able about these bits of combination sea-going basketball and
wrestling has been that the initiative has come entirely from
the ranks of the midshipmen themselves. '48-B boys Bob Claitor,
Jeff White, and Bunny McCallum represented Bancroft Hall's
eager swimmers in talks this year with the Athletic Depart-
ment. The result was permission to attempt revenge for the
preceding year's 8-7 defeat in a game that was remembered
for fantastic disorganization but extremely spirited play.

But disorganization was not to be the keynote this year as
Comdr. R. G. Mayer volunteered his time to coach the anxious
midshipmen into shape. The West Pointers also appeared will-
ing and quite ready as for the second time they journeyed to
make war with the boys on the Severn's shore. All the aspects
of a major Army-Navy game were evident when play was
begun in the crowded Natorium.

Navy's Capt. Bob Claitor dominated the initial play, but
everybody got into the act to score. Claitor, Train, Vincent,
and Maguire bombarded Army's net to give Navy a half-time
lead of five to one. The second half appeared different when
Army quickly tossed in three balls to lag by a narrow one
point margin.

Defensemen Maguire, White, Talor, and O'Flaherty held
firm as Navy goalie Bill Graham stopped thrillers, and the game
ended with the midshipmen decisively ahead 7-4! Navy was
again mistress of the seas in an exciting spectator sport.

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Sob Sunday lived up to its name for us. Unlike our ring
dance . . . this function happened in the rain . . . almost.

The day started bright and sunny . . . with plebes scurrying
around cleaning up after a year of first class room condition
Zebra . . . with first classmen after those last minute Baccalaure-
ate Service tickets . . . with second and third classmen standing
around watching the fun . . . the day took on its normal tenor.
Then, with the staffs complete for the first time in a year, we
marched off to our last chapel service.

The Admiral and the Commandant greeted us at the door . . .
our friends and families watched us fill the center sections . . .
then the whole crowd settled down to hear what this Bacca-
laureate service had in store.

Service . . . sacrifice . . . personal freedom and servitude . . .
the words of this and a hundred previous services blended into
a chapel memory.

The National Anthem . . . Navy Blue and Gold ... a fitting
climax to a climactic service ... a service we will long remem-
ber.

Then back to Bancroft Hall ... in a summer shower . . .
there to see the fruits of our plebes labors. The family had their
chance to see the "hole" . . . familiarize themselves with the
"sack" . . . and meet the "wife." It was all new and different
to them.

After formation the sky opened up in earnest and June Week
was off to a wet start. It did give us an excuse to stay indoors
and talk over four years of separation . . . and plans for a future
together.

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H. D. Adair, Jr.
R. C. Adams
T. E. Alexander
R. T. F. Ambrogi
R. C. Anderson
W. S. M. Arnold
W. R. Ayers
G. T. Balzer
W. H. Barnes, III
W. H. Barton, Jr.
W. R. Bartow
R. W. Bates
J. R. Bavle
R. L. Beatty
G. M. Bell, Jr.

B. W. Bevis

P. P. Billingsley
W. T. Blakney
F. L. Bower SOX

C. R. Braley, Jr.
R. W. Brown, Jr.
J. S. Brunson, Jr.
P. G. Bryant

D. G. Buchanan
R. G. Buechler

J. E. Callahan, Jr.

E. C. Castle
J. D. Caylor
M. A. Chiara

W. T. Chipman, Jr.

W. S. Clark, Jr.
R. A. Cochran
J. H. Conable
B. L. Daley
J. E. Davenport, Jr.
J. M. Davis
L. V. Delling
G. W. Dittmann

B. S. Dowd, Jr.
R. D. Duncan
G. R. Engel

J. Evasovich

E. M. Eyler
R. M. Fluss

F. C. Fogarty

C. A. Fowler, III
A. L. Frahler

I. N. Eraser

E. Frothingham, Jr.

S. B. Garner

S. W. Gaylord, Jr.

R. L. Ghormley, Jr.

G. E. Goodwin
R. I. Gornik

W. C. Graham, Jr.
E. J. Gray
H. Gurman

D. R. Hamlin
S. R. Hawe
W. R. Hintz

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H. S. Holder

L. R. Howard

H. R. Humphrey

R. D. Huntington, Jr.

J. M. Ivey, Jr.

F. D. Jackson, Jr.
J. W. James

A. L. Jansen
J. L. Jensen, Jr.
H. N. Kay
W. H. Keen
R. E. Kenyon
R. S. Lee, Jr.

G. A. Leighton, Jr.

C. L. Lewis
H. B. Lipschutz

A. L. Loeffler
H. B. Loheed

J. R. Lowdenslager
M. D. Marsh
J. W. McCord
M. C. McFarland

D. A. Mclver

R. R. McKechnie

C. Mertz, 3rd

E. W. Meyers
J. Montalvo

B. A. Moore, Jr.
J. R. Moore, Jr.
R. B. Moore

S. K. Moore

D. R. Morris

E. C. Moss

L. W. Mulbry
R. R. Neely, Jr.
M. L. Norton
R. W. O'Reilly

F. W. Orr, Jr.
O. C. Paciulli

G. L. Palmer, Jr.

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J. M. Perkins

C. E. Ransom, Jr.

H. B. Rardin

W. L. Rees

H. E. Rennacker

H. L. Robiner

J. P. Rogers, Jr.

E. H. Ross, Jr.

T. A. Ross

A. R. Schofield, Jr.

R. E. Schwoeffermann

R. U. Scott

P. N. SherriU

J. N. Sherwood

R. C. Smith, Jr.

R. H. Sprince

R. J. Springe

E. F. Stacy
T. E. Stanley

H. R. Stringfellow, Jr.
R. Struyk
R. T. Styer
C. L. Suit, III
G. H. Sullivan, Jr.

F. J. SuttiU, Jr.
J. P. Tagliente
R. M. Tatum

K. M. Tread well
C. C. ViUareal
Q. W. Wagenfield
R. E. Wainwright
K. B. Webster
W. Wegner
J. K. Welsh, Jr.
S. M. Williams
T. B. Wilson, Jr.
T. Woods, II

G. S. Wright
E. M. Zacharias

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Abromitis, W., Jr.
Baysinger, R. H., Jr.
Cooper. C. G.
Earl, W. C.
Emerson, S.
Frasier. H. G.
Gerber, M. D.
Golding, E. I.
Hawkins, W. F.
Home. R. E.,Jr.
Hunt, R. G.,Jr.

Albright, D. S.,Jr.
Alexander, T. E.
Armstrong, E. S.
Blodgett, F. J.
Bossert, R. M.
Bowers, E. S.
Briggs, E. S.
Buck,C. M.,Jr.
Bushman, H. J-, Jr.
Conley, P. J, Jr.
Concord, A. E.
Cooper, A. B.

Allen, M. N.
Bendell, L. R.
Bentin, M. S.
Chew, R. S.,Jr.
Coulter, C. P.
Crosby, H. S.
Cullivan, D.W.

Fowler, C. A, III

Barrow, J. C.
Claitor, R. G.
Eliopulos, G. J.

Barton. W. H.,Jr.
Bryan, W. L.
Day, J. C.Jr.
Doby. W. C.

BilHngsley, P. P.
Dunwody, K. W.,Jr.
Gomik, R. 1.
Grayson, R. R.
Greene, J. L.
Hoffman, G. L.
Jones, H. W.

Corson, D. H., Jr.
Ellis, D. A., Jr.
Engle, R. E.

Duncan, E. F.
Evans, H. T.
Hatmaker, D. B.

Chandler, W. D., Ill
Cochran, R. A.
Downes, B. M.
Edwards, H. R.,Jr.

Anderson, R. C.
Crosby, J. S, Jr.
Coulbum, F. P., Jr.
Biggins, E. C.

FOOTBALL

Key, H. N.,Jr.
Knoizen, A. K.
Lawrence, R. T.
Markel, A. L.
McCuUy, A. C.
Moore, B. A, Jr.
Russell, R. K.
Ryan, P.J.
Schiweck, K. W.
Schwoeffermann, R. E.

Scott, R. U.
Shimshak, R. E.
Smith, E. N.
Smith, R. N.
Strahley, C. G.
Taglientc, J. P.
Weir, W. D.
Williams, R. P.
Wills, J. W.. Jr.
Woods, Thomas, 11

150-POUND FOOTBALL

Dearing, J. P.
Eraser, I. N. *
Gabriel, W. S.
Hansen, D. B.
Herlihy,J. D.,Jr.
Latham, D. M.
Lawler, R. L., Jr.
Mayfield, S. G., 3d
Menkes, M.
Murray, J. D., Jr.
Nelson, P. S.

SOCCER

Ebel, R. C.
Evemgam, J. L, Jr.
Ghormley, R. L.,Jr.
Howe, C. M.
Lochner, G. H.
Masias, D. A.
McDonald, I. T.,Jr.

CROSS COUNTRY

Oberholtzer, J. P.

BASKETBALL

Lawler, P. D.
Rensberger, L. O.
Robbins, J. W.

FENCING

Jarrell, D. L.
Kremidas, W. S.
Kunin, S. L.
Peterson, C. A., Jr.

GYMNASTICS

Kays, J. C.
Lindley, C. B.
Machell, R. M.
Metcalf,J. T.,Jr.
Moffett, G. L.,Jr.
Morrow, R. C.

RIFLE

Niesse, J. E.
O'Keefe, K.
Rees, G. J.,Jr.

PISTOL

Kennedy, R. W.
McGreedy, W. W.
Phares, M. E.

WRESTLING

Fletcher, J. A, II
Hathaway, C. E.
Settle, H.T., Jr.

SWIMMING

Hogue, H. H.
Hoppe, H.,III
Ivers, J. F.
Kanakanui, W. A., Jr.

Rogers, E. B.,Jr.
Roman, P. D.
Sarris, P. J.
Schultz, M. J, Jr.
Sivinski, R. E.
Stephens, D. R.
Stromberg, H. A.,Jr
Tobin, R. G.,Jr.
Vance, R. C.
Waller, L. W. T.
Woodard, D. J.

McLernan, J. V.
Morgan, W. L. , Jr.
Peard, R. W.,Jr.
Perkins, J. M.
Rice, D. R.
Schaufelberger, A. A., Jr.

Raab, F. H.

Searle, R. H.
Sheehan, C. A.
Woods, H. D.

Smith, F. A.
Stacy, E. F.
Suhr, P. B.
Tatum, R. M.

Peard, R. W.,Jr.
Ransom, C. E., Jr.
Rogers, J. P., Jr.
Schenker, M. L.
Schneider, R. P.
Waller, E. C. Ill

Robinson, T. W.
Sawtelle, W. J.

Rawsthorne, E. A.
Shepard, B. M.
Whittier, R. D.

Smith, E. N.
Smith, L. W.
Wisherd, R. B.

Lechner, T. F.
Morrison, J. R.
Ridderhof, D. M.
Rockey, W. K.

DeWitt, D. D.
Duncan, E. F.
Duncan, R. D.

Anderson, W. "B"
Armstrong, E. S.
Boney, P., Ill
Brendle, W. G.
Buck, R. L.

Allen, M. N.
Arnold, H. D.
Chambers, J. H
Cobb, W. C.
Coulter, C. P.
Cruise, E. A, Jr.
Gates, H. K.,Jr.
Hoff, W. E.

L.,Jr.

Babbe, R. H.
Bevis, B. W
Calhoun, J. W.
Cartwright, J. P.
Chipman, E. N.
Craig, D. E.
Dittmann, G. W.

Ambrogi, R. T. F.
Barrow, J. C.
Beeler, J. D.
Berggren, R. E.
Brannon, P. C.
Davis, J. M.
Fisher, W. R.,Jr.
Garibaldi, J. J.

Allen, D. S.
Barnes, W. H, III
Fishman, H. P.

Bagget, L.,Jr.
Barrow, J. J.
Briggs, E. S.

Baltar,J. E.
Brown, C. T.
Cluett, D. G.
Conover, H., Jr.

BOXING

Richardson, M. J.
Riggins, W. P., Jr.
Roth, F. H.

BASEBALL

Burton. R. S.
Frahler, A. L.
Gaffigan, J. P.
Goodiel, C. D.,Jr.
Hawkins, W. F.

LACROSSE

Hooper, C. S., Jr.
Markel, A. L.
McNally.J. J.
Needham, R. C.
Page, E. W.
Ryan, P. J.
Schaufelberger, A. A, Jr.

CREW

Fogarty, F. C.
Foulds, D. D.
Gartland, J. P.
Gordon, G. H.,
Gray, G. M.
Hoover, L. N.
Knoizen, A. K.

Jr.

TRACK

Hall, R. N., 2d
Hardy, M. E.
Humphrey, H. R.
Kennedy,]. R.,Jr.
Knapp, B. F.
Lasley, W. W.
Meanix, W. H., Jr.
Murray, J. D., Jr.

TENNIS

Gardiner, T. M., Ill
Schofteld, A. R.,Jr.
Tift,T. W.,Jr.

GOLF

Eaton, R. C, Jr.
Hart, S. C.,Jr.
Searson, R. A.

SAILING

Davis, W. G.
Furrh, J. L.,Jr.
Henning, J. C, id
Krause, S. R.

Sandlin, W. C.Jr.
Stockdale, L. A.
Vincent. H. W.

Killeen, C. J.
Morrissey, J. N.
Nadig, D. A.
Rensberger, L. O.
Searle, R. H.

Schultz, R. A.
Seth. R. H.
Smith, C. R, Jr.
Stutt, W. C.
Sivinski, R. E.
Tobm, R. G.,Jr.
Wall, O. A.

Meyrick, C. W.
Olsen, O. E.
Pride, A. M.
Quinn. P. L.
Smith, D. A.
Trueblood, D. R.
Wallace, J. R.

Oberholtzer, J. P.
Ousterhout, D. T.
Raab, F. H.
Ross. D. S.
Scott, R. U.
Smith, E. N.
Space, D. J.

Vogt, L. F.,Jr.
Wills, J. W.,Jr.

Sullivan, D B
Wiseman, R. F

Robertson, C. G.
Smith, R. M.,Jr.
Sumner, G. W., Jr.

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FALL

FOOTBALL

Oppomnl H.avy

California
Columbia
Duke
Cornell
Penn

Notre Dame
Georgia Tech
Penn State
Army

14
13
14
38
21
27
16
20
21

Duke JV
NAS, Jacksonville
Penn State JV
NAS, I^nsacola
Penn JV
Rutgers JV
North Carolina JV

V. FOOTBALL
20

12
9

27
21
19
13
13
40
7

150-POUND

FOOTBALL

Rutgers

Princeton

Villanova

Illmois

Cornell
Penn

31
26

SOCCER

Lehigh

Gettysburg

North Carolina

Duke

Penn State

Princeton

Penn

Yale

Swarthmore
Army

2
1

J. V. SOCCER

Gettysburg JV 1

Maryland 3 1

Wesley Junior College 7

Lock Haven Reachers 2
Salisbury State Teachers

College 4 2

CROSS COUNTRY

(Low score wins)
Oppomnt J^avy
Coast Guard Academy 18 45

NAS, Pensacola 19 40

Duke 28 28

Maryland 16 45

Nonagonal Championship Navy placed

seventh
Army 20 38

WINTER

BASKETBALL

Johns Hopkins

Catholic University

Villanova

Maryland

Rutgers

George Washington

Bucknell

Duke

Princeton

West Virginia

Muhlenberg

Penn State

Gettysburg

Penn

Virginia

Columbia

Army

J. V. BASKETBALL

Gettysburg JV
University of Baltimore
NAPS, Bambridge
Johns Hopkins JV
Georgetown University

Freshmen 6 1

32
34
61
47
63
54
36
46
34
38
62
36
46
58
41
40
36

37
40
24

67
59
39
51
53
43
51
56
50
37
49
40
50
53
48
37
49

48
61

44
42

WRESTLING

Gettysburg 3 21
Alabama Polytechnic

Institute 5 27

Kansas State 3 31

Columbia 5 33

Princeton 5 24

Penn State 6 28

Lehigh 11 18

Penn 5 26

Eastern Championship Placed third

J-

V. WRESTLING

Opponent hlavy
Navy Preflight, Pensacola 36

Washington and Lee 21 12

GYMNASTICS
Lock Haven Teachers

College 21 75

Delaware 22 74

Temple 58 38

Penn State 55 41

Army 45 51

FENCING

Yale 9i 17i

Rutgers 9i 17^

Columbia 4 23

Saltus Club 14^ 12i

Cornell 11 16

New York University Hi 15?

Army 15J UJ

Princeton 7 J 19 J

Eastern Championship Placed first
National Championship Placed second

SWIMMING

Cornell 36 1

North Carolina 52

Harvard 50

Dartmouth 31

Rutgers 45

Army 39

Columbia 1 3

Pennsylvania 24

RIFLE

Fordham 1301

MIT 1371

Georgetown 1343

George Washington 1340

Brooklyn Polytechnic 1324

New York University 1332

Lehigh 1325

Maryland 1418

Coast Guard 1388

Army 1394

PISTOL

Merchant Marine

Academy 1215

MIT 1225

Coast Guard Academy 1314

Army 1310

SPRING

BASEBALL

Springfield 4

Syracuse

Trinity 1
West Chester Teachers

College 9

Villanova 4

Columbia 1

Rutgers 2

Yale

Gettysburg 4

Brown 2

Harvard 2

Dartmouth 3

Princeton

Cornell 2

Maryland 3

Penn State 5

West Virginia 6

Penn 1

Army

J. V. BASEBALL

NAS, Norfolk 8

Burnette Athletic Club 7
Aberdeen Proving

Ground 5

38i

1373
1391
1369
1375
1376
1388
1355
1376
1402
1406

1359
1383
1352
1363

5
5
2

2
5

2
1
4
4
2
2

12
2
8
7

4]-'4

LACROSSE

Dartmouth

Harvard

Syracuse

Yale

Maryland

Duke

Penn State

Johns Hopkins

Princeton

Mt. Washington

Lehigh

Army

Opponent T^avy
6 13

3
2
2
8
14
3
9
4
8
1
9

5
5

14
10

J. V. LACROSSE

Forest Park H. S. 6

Friends School 1 1

Baltimore Polytechnic 6

St. Paul's School 7

Maryland JV 8

Johns Hopkins Freshmen 1 5

TENNIS

Harvard 8

University of Maine 1

Cornell 9

Maryland 2

Duke 8

William and Mary 9

Yale 9

Virginia 8

Princeton 9

North Carolina 8

Tulane 8

Columbia 5

Georgetown "

Penn 6

Army 8

GOLF

Cornell 7 2

Dartmouth 2 6

Virginia 1 8

Duke 7 2

William and Mary 4 8

Princeton 4j 4i

Penn 4i 4f

Eastern Championships Navy placed

second

Maryland Inter. Navy placed

Championships third

Army 1 8

7
1

1
1

4
9
3

TRACK

Maryland
Penn Relays

Villanova and
Manhattan

Duke

North Carolina

Heptagonal Games

Army

77 49

Placed
fourth

27-i 73
61i

63^ 671

69 62

Placed fiifth

77 54

CREW

Columbia
Princeton
Yale

Adams Cup Regatta
Eastern Championship
Regatta

JV.
1st

2nd

5th
1st

Varsity
1st
1st
1st
2nd

3rd
1st

SAILING

Pentagonal Regatta Second

Hexagonal Regatta First

Eastern Champs. Sixth
Middle Atlantic Dinghy Champs. First

National Dinghy Champs. Third

Army First

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4.30 P.M.
9.15 P.M.

10.30 A.M.

4.00 P.M.
9.00 P.M.

9.00 a.m.

11.00 A.M.

1.30 P.M.
9.15 P.M.
9.15 P.M.

9.00 A.M.

4.00

P.M

9.15

P.M

9.30

A.M

9.30

A.M

11.00

A.M

5.30

P.M

9.15

P.M

9.15

P.M

10.30

A.M

12.00

5.30

P.M

9.15

P.M

11.00

A.M

Saturday, 29 May

Crew, Cornell (Varsity, junior varsity, freshman).

Baseball, Army, Lawrence Field.

Golf, Army, Naval Academy Golf Course, North Severn.

Track, Armv, Thompson Stadium.

Informal, all classes, Dahlgren Hall.

Class of 1949 Ring Dance, MacDonough Hall.

Sunday, 30 May

Chapel Services — Baccalaureate Sermon for First Class and

guests. Chapel
Vesper Service for midshipmen and their guests. Chapel
Midshipmen's Orchestra and Glee Club Recital — all classes

and guests, Mahan Hall.

Monday, 31 May

Color company practice for Presentation of Colors, Worden

Field.
Presentation of athletic and extracurricular awards, Thompson

Stadium.
Demonstration of Trick and Fancy Shootings, Farragut Field.
"N" Dance for "N" Winners, Hubbard Hall.
Hop, all classes, Dahlgren Hall.

Tuesday, 1 June

Prize winners practice for Presentation of Prizes, Worden

Field.
Band Concert.
Hop, First Class, Memorial Hall.

Wednesday, 2 June

Color company practice for Presentation of Colors, Worden

Field.
Drill events: Sailing, Guimery, Engineering, Seamanship

and Navigation.
Air Show by Flight Exhibition Team.
Brigade Parade, Worden Field — Presentation of Prizes.
Superintendent's Garden Party for Graduating Class.
Hop, Third Class, MacDonough Hall.

TmniSDAY, 3 June

Rehearsal of Graduation Exercises, First Class.

Air Show by Flight Exhibition Team.

Brigade Parade, Worden Field — Presentation of Colors.

Farewell Ball, Dahlgren Hall.

Friday, 4 June
Graduation Exercises, Dahlgren Hall.

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1 . The Navy Department awards a trophy to that midshipman of each graduating
class who has demonstrated outstanding proficiency in the use of the service carbine, and
also a trophy to the foremost pistol shot of each graduating class. These trophies are
designated, respectively, as the "Secretary of the Navy's Rifle Trophy" and the "Secretary
of the Navy's Pistol Trophy."

Recipients: Rifle Trophy — Midshipman Keith O'Keefe, 1st C ass.

Pistol Trophy — Midshipman Richard John Clas, 1st Class.

2. The Naval Academy presents gold, silver, and bronze medals, respectively, to the
midshipmen of the second class who stand first, second, and third in excellence in small-
arms target practice.

Recipients: First Prize (Gold Medal — )Midshipman Ralph Dudley Whittier,

2nd Class
Second Prize (Silver Medal) — Midshipman James Douglas Butler,

2nd Class.
Third Prize (Bronze Medal) — Midshipman Edgar Arthur Rawsthorne,

2nd Class.

3. The Stn-ERiNTENDENT addresses letters of commendation to those midshipmen of
the graduating class who have demonstrated outstanding ofiicerlike qualities, and who
have contributed most by precept and example to the development of these qualities
within the Brigade.

Recipients: Midshipman Richard Underbill Scott, 1st Class.

Midshipman Robert Eugene Schwoeffermann, 1st Class.
Midshipman Richard Edward Shimshak, 1st Class.
Midshipman Robert Norman Smith, 1st Class.
Midshipman Donald Duane Foulds, 1st Class.
Midshipman John Meredith Davis, 1st Class.
Midshipman George Lee Hoffman, 1st Class.
Midshipman Charles Glasgow Strahley, 1st Class.
Midshipman Paul Lewis Quinn, 1st Class.
Midshipman Thomas Woods, II, 1st Class.
Midshipman Robert Ray Carson, 1st Class.
Midshipman Charles Edward Hathaway, 1st Class.
Midshipman William Henry Barnes, III, 1st Class.
Midshipman Frederick Louis Nelson, 1st Class.
Midshipman John William McCord, 1st Class.
Midshipman Richard Ward Bates, 1st Class.
Midshipman Ben Adams Moore, Jr., 1st Class.
Midshipman Richard Earl Nicholson, 1st Class.
Midshipman David Marquis Smith, 1st Class.
Midshipman Charles Addison Fowler, III, 1st Class.

4. The Class of 1871, United States Naval Academy, provides a fund for the pur-
chase of a dress sword by that midshipman of the graduating class who is declared most
proficient in practical and theoretical ordnance and gunnery. Recipient: Midshipman
George Lee Hoffman, 1st Class.

5. The Class of 1879, United States Naval Academy, has presented to the Naval
Academy a plaque, on which each year is engraved the name of the final Midshipman
Brigade Commander in recognition of outstanding leadership within the Brigade. Re-
cipient: Midshipman Richard Underbill Scott, 1st Class.

6. The Class of 1897, United States Naval Academy, presents a sword to that mid-
shipman of the graduating class who has contributed most by his officerlike qualities and
positive character to the development of naval spirit and loyalty within the Brigade.
The name of the midshipman to whom the sword is awarded is inscribed on the Class of
1897 Cup, which remains at the Naval Academy. Recipient: Midshipman Richard
Edward Shimshak, 1st Class.

7. The Class of 1912, United States Naval Academy, presents a wrist watch to
that midshipman of the graduating class who stands highest for the course in English.
Recipient: Midshipman Ernest Carl Castle, 1st Class.

8. The Class of 1924, United States Naval Academy, presents a gold watch to
that midshipman of the graduating class who stands highest for the course in the Depart-
ment of Marine Engineering. Recipient: Midshipman Thomas Bryan Wilson, Jr., 1st
Class.

9. The General Society Sons of the Revolution has presented to the Naval Academy
a Cup, on which each year is engraved the name of the midshipman of the graduating
class most proficient in practical ordnance and gunnery. Recipient: Midshipman John
William McCord, 1st Class.

10. The National Society Daughters of the American Revolution presents a Kodak
to that midshipman of the graduating class who excels in seamanship. Recipient: Mid-
shipman Edward Bowen Fleming, 1st Class.

1 1 . The United Daughters of the Confederacy presents a pair of marine binoculars
known as the "Maury Prize," to that midshipman of the third class who excels in physics.
Recipient: Midshipman Floyd Ames Smith, 3rd Class.

12. The Military Order of Foreign Wars presents a pen and pencil set to that mid-
shipman of the graduating class who stands highest for the course in the Department of
Mathematics. Recipient: Midshipman Francis John Suttill, Jr., 1st Class.

13. The National Society United States Daughters of 1812 presents a "Life Mem-
bership in the U. S. Naval Institute" to that midshipman of the graduating class who
attains the highest standing for the electrical courses in the Department of Electrical Engi-
neering during First Class year, and who accepts a commission in any branch of the naval
service. Recipient: Midshipman Francis John Suttill, Jr., 1st Class.

14. The Colonial Daughters of the Seventeenth Century presents a "Life Mem-
bership in the U. S. Naval Institute" to that midshipman of the graduating class who
excels in history. Recipient: Midshipman Howard Norman Kay, 1st Class.

15. The National Woman's Relief Corps, Auxiliary to the Grand Army of the
Republic, presents a wrist watch to that midshipman of the graduating class who is most
proficient in "Rules of the Road. " Recipient: Midshipman Boone Case Taylor, 1st Class

16. The Naval Order of the United States presents prizes, as enumerated, to the
four midshipmen who in a competitive examination show the broadest knowledge and
most thorough understanding of world history of the present day:

(a) SENIOR CONTEST (open to midshipman of the first, second and third
classes ) .
First Prize: A wrist watch. Recipient: Midshipman Harry Joseph Donahue,

2nd Class.
Second Prize (2 winners): A letter of commendation from the Naval Order
of the United States and a two years' subscription to a news magazine se-
lected by the examining board .

Recipients: Midshipman Frank Stuart Beal, III, 3rd Class.
Midshipman Howard Norman Kay, 1st Class.

186

(b) JUNIOR CONTEST (open to midshipman of the fourth class). Prize: A let-
ter of commendation from the Naval Order of the United States and a
two years' subscription to a news magazine selected by the examining
board. Recipient: Midshipman Thomas Patrick Conlin, 4th Class.

17. The American Legion National Organization presents a wrist watch to that
midshipman of the third class who stands first for the course in United States Foreign
Policy. Recipient: MidshipmanTno William Isles, 3rd Class.

18. The National Encampment of the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United
States presents a desk clock to that midshipman who graduates at the head of his class for
the course. Recipient: Midshipman Francis John Suttil, 1st Class.

19. The Ladies Auxiliary to the Veterans of Foreign Wars presents a wrist watch
to that midshipman of the graduating class who shows the greatest improvement in
weighted average mark for the course over that of Fourth Class year. Recipient: Mid-
shipman Richard Dana Schneider, 1st Class.

20. The Military Order of the World Wars presents a service automatic pistol to
that midshipman of the graduating class who shows the greatest improvement in weighted
average mark of the last year of the course over that of the combined first two years of the
course. Recipient: Midshipman Roderick Bruce Moore, 1st Class.

2 1 . The Fleet Reserve Association presents a wrist watch to that midshipman of the
graduating class who stands highest for the course in conduct and aptitude. Recipient:
Midshipman Richard Edward Shimshak, 1st Class.

22. The National Society Daughters of Founders and Patriots of America pre-
sents a wrist watch to that midshipman of the graduating class who proves himself most
proficient in practical and theoretical navigation. Recipient: Midshipman William
Wegner, 1st Class.

23. The Trident Society, United States Naval Academy, presents checks to the
midshipmen who are adjudged the winners of a public speaking contest held under the
auspices of that Society.

Recipients: Midshipman Robert Kenyon Ripley, 2nd Class.
Midshipman John Miller Kirk, 3rd Class.
Midshipman James Keating Welsh, Jr., 1st Class.
Midshipman Joe Sax, 3rd Class.

24. The late Colonel Robert M. Thompson, Class of 1868, U.S.N. A., presents a
navigating sextant to that midshipman of the graduating class who proves himself most
proficient in practical and theoretical navigation. Recipient: Midshipman William
Wegner, 1st Class.

25. The late Dr. Henry van Dyke has provided funds for the awarding of a gold
pocket watch to that midshipman of the graduating class submitting the best original
article on any naval or equally patriotic subject. Recipient: Midshipman Donald Robert
Morris, 1st Class.

26. The heirs of the late Lieutenant Commander Gardner L. Caskey present a gold
watch to that midshipman who graduates at the head of his class for the course. Recipient:
Midshipman Francis John Suttill.Jr., 1st Class.

27. Mrs. James Edward Palmer presents a wrist watch, known as the "Commander
James Edward Palmer Prize," to that midshipman of the graduating class who shows
the greatest improvement in the engineering course in the Department of Marine Engi-
neeing. Recipient: Midshipman Mark John O'Friel, 1st Class.

28. The late S. Garrett Roach has provided funds for the awarding of a prize in
memory of his grandfather, the late John Roach, shipbuilder, to that midshipman of the
graduating class who shows the greatest improvement in weighted average mark for First
Class year over that of Second Class year. The prize for this year is a sword. Recipient:
Midshipman Robert Allan Schultz, 1st Class.

29. Mrs. James Sturgis Willis presents a wrist watch to that midshipman of the
graduating class who shows the greatest improvement in weighted average mark, includ-
ing aptitude and conduct, for First Class year over that of Fourth Class year, and who
accepts a commission in the service, unless he is physically disqualified to receive a com-
mission. Recipient: Midshipman Richard Dana Schneider, 1st Class.

30. Mrs. Douglas R. Lacey presents a wrist watch, known as the "Jack Cobb Moore
Prize," to that midshipman of the graduating class who stands highest for the course in
Naval Aviation. Recipient: Midshipman William Newell Small, 1st Class.

31. The United States Lines presents a pair of marine binoculars to the graduating
midshipman who stands highest for the course in the Department of Foreign Languages.
Recipient: MidshipmanJoRGE Isaac Montalvo, 1st Class.

32. The American Bureau of Shipping presents a wrist watch to the graduating mid-
shipman who stands highest for the mechanical drawing and descriptive geometry courses
in the Department of Marine Engineering. Recipient: Midshipman William Wegner,
1st Class.

33. Two PRIZES are awarded from the income intrusted to the Naval Academy Ath-
letic Association by the late Colonel Robert M. Thompson, Class of 1868, U. S. Naval
Academy, to the two midshipmen who win first and second place in Inter-Class Sailing.
Recipients: First Prize (a pair of marine binoculars) — Midshipman David Grenfell

Cluett, 2nd Class.
Second Prize (a pair of marine binoculars ) — Midshipman Frederick Geller
Horan, 2nd Class.

34. The Admiral DuBose Trophy, on which is inscribed annually the name of the mid-
shipman most proficient in the handling of yawls and designated as the winning yawl
commander. Recipient: Midshipman Hubert Bradford Loheed, 1st Class.

ATHLETIC AWARDS
The Naval Academy Athletic Association offers the following awards:

35. A PAIR OF marine binoculars to that midshipman who has personally excelled in
athletics during his years of varsity competition. Recipient: Midshipman Edgar Newbold
Smith, 1st Class.

36. A Cup on which is inscribed the name of the company winning the Inter-Company
Athletic Competition of the current academic year. The presentation of this award is
made to the midshipman company commander of the winning company. Recipient: 3rd
Company. Midshipman Ian Nairn Eraser, 1st Class.

37. A Cup, known as the Stuart Oxnard Miller Memorial Lacrosse Cup, on which is
inscribed annually the name of the member of the Naval Academy Lacrosse Squad who
is deemed to have contributed most to the success of the team. Recipient: Midshipman
Charles Parker Coulter, 1st Class.

38. A Cup, known as the Walling-Kimmel Memorial Teimis Cup, on which is in-
scribed annually the name of the member of the Naval Academy Tennis Team who is
deemed to have contributed most to the success of the team. Recipient: Midshipman
Horace Paul Fishman, 2nd Class.

39. The Class of 1938, United States Naval Academy, presents a wrist watch to
that midshipman of the graduating class who, by his spirit and character while serving on
the Junior Varsity Squad, has done the most to promote football at the Naval Academy.
Recipient: Midshipman Alan Lester Jansen, 1st Class.

40. A Cup, known as the Crenshaw Memorial Cup for Coxswains, on which is in-
scribed annually the name of the coxswain of that eight-oared crew which wins the great-
est number of races during the year. Recipient: Midshipman John Patrick Gartland,
2nd Class.

The late Colonel Robert M. Thompson, Class of 1868, United States Naval
Academy, has provided funds for the following award:

41 . A Cup, known as the Thompson Trophy Cup, on which is inscribed annually the
name of the midshipman who does most to promote athletics A small replica of this cup
IS presented to the midshipman receiving the award. Recipient: Midshipman Richard
Underhill Scott, 1st Class.

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Mrs. Katherine Wainwright Austin, of North Andover, Mass., a
friend of our Company Commander and a sister of a classmate
was our color girl. A widow of a ^ar hero she and Fred echoed
the tempo of the world about us.

Climaxing a year of inter-company competition is the pres-
entation of the brigade colors to the company which has stood
highest in the military and athletic contest that crowns them
tops in smartness and spirit.

The story of this year's color company is a story of coopera-
tion and effort from every man in the company, including the
plebe with the two left feet. However no matter how hard we
applied ourselves to the task it is doubtful whether the results
would have been the same without the outstanding leadership
of two of the finest company commanders in the Academy.

Few of us will forget how the Tenth rose from 24th place in
1947 to first place one year later in 1948. But longer than the
actual achievement accomplished will we remember the year
we spent with each other back in '48.

The details of the race have become a part of our lives that
are best remembered by us alone. Not until the very last month
of the competition were we even conscious of the fact that you
had to take a strain to come out in front.

The Tenth is proud to represent the Brigade of mishipmen
as color company for we think that the classes that were here
with us this year can take their place in the Fleet with any class
that has gone before us or any that are yet to come.

COLOR COMPANY ORGANIZATION

1st Regimental Commander, R. E. Shimshak
3rd Battalion Sub Commander, B. A. Moore
3rd Battalion Adjutant, H. A. True
Company Commander, F. L. Nelson
Company Sub Commander, W. C. Pierson
Company Petty Officer, J. P. Law
1st Platoon Commander, W. R. Fisher
2nd Platoon Commander, E. H. Ross
3rd Platoon Commander, E. M. Zacharias

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M. M. McKinley

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J.N. Comerford
J. A. Cox
H. E. Allen
R.I. Henderson

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J. C. McCoy
A. L. Jenks
W. E. Wynn
R. W. Taylor
R.J. Peterson
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-t is the great bridgeless distance between men which
mokes each seem apart unto himself, and which mal<es
all men seem alike unto one another. The alikeness makes
a group such as a class, and the apartness creates a
singularity such as an individual.

That is why it is not strange that all the men in this
section looked alike to one another at one time. Whether
they came from the great sprawling mass of the city or
from the dense wilderness of the outlands they seemed
alike . . . they acted alike . . . reacted alike . . . ate
alike . . . roared alike. Until they came to know that
distance which surrounds all men.

As the distance, the apartness, the singularity came
under examination the men became further separated as
individuals ... as characters ... as jokers ... as
sharpies . . . musicians . . . boys . . . students . . . artists . . .
and men. Each then became unto his fellows apart unto
each, and thus received recognition as a personal being.
This was friendship. And the bulwark of the class was
founded. From this comes the alikeness of the class and
yet the vast loneliness of the individual member.

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R. U. Scott, Class President

R. E. Schoefferman, Vice President

BISIDM

The chronological narrative concerning a class commences
years, sometimes decades, before it gravitates as a group in
Memorial Hall to be sw^orn in. It reaches into the lives of hun-
dreds of men . . . and hundreds more who never see the inside of
that hall. The process of selection extends over the entire ter-
rain of the country, into the mountains and hills, and along the
river banks to people v^^ho have never seen a Naval officer out-
side of the theater, and to people who have never seen anything
else. It embraces every conceivable type of human being, neither
knowing nor realizing strata, set, class, or color beyond indi-
vidual intrinsic intelligence. Thrown together, this group, this
mass gathering, represents our kaleidescopic plebe class ... a
thousand strong. A thousand confused, elated, spirited, over-
whelmed, balking people expectant and prepared for anything.
Such we were, in the June of 1944.

Catapulted into a space of newness we waded through a
myriad of activities . . . stenciling everything in sight, looking
twice as foolish as we felt, wearing one legging, white works,
and a hat . . . the picture that only a mother could love . . .
carrying shirts, rainclothes, caps, bathrobes, and collars to the
officer inspector. Stowing our few belongings in an impossibly
small locker. Some grumbled that they didn't do it this way in

the Fleet. The Fleet? That was something as far from our
minds as the ultimate prospects of the grave. As we shifted
around and were moved around, it suddenly became apparent
that through the redolence of wet ink and frozen commands we
were a part of a class . . . that there were others in the same
rocking boat . . . that there was always someone worse off, more
miserable than we . . . that he was a classmate; a member of the
group of recent fixtures. We grabbed him and clung to him.
We became a plebe class, and felt the first stirrings of that class
unity.

The sweating, striving, monomorphic grind seemed to slough
onward into an interminable swamp; we were slow^ly, insensibly
drawn into a class . . . into a unity . . . into a whole. We
thought it vi^ould never end; he who looked back was
miserable; he who looked ahead was impatient; he who looked
in both directions w^as lost. Everything was concentrated in the
present . . . telescoped into a great now, the exigencies of which
we met each hour, each day, in every classroom, at every for-
mation in a recurring pattern of activity. We ran the gamut of
Sunshine Alleys; as we double-timed there was the sound and
sense of a million scraping shoes shuffling in all directions, of a
thousand minds repeating answers to a profusion of questions,
of ringing, calling, murmuring in every possible tone, pitch,
and buzz. We closed an endless corridor of windows morn-
ing after morning; we laughed in w^arm, friendly tones, our
conviviality was unsurpassed as we greeted the immediate
senior who came in to read the paper, discuss himself, or casti-

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W. H. Barnes, III, Class Secretary

C. L. Suit, Jr., Class Treasurer

gate us. As the caps hurtled into the air June Week, our cheers
went with them. Perhaps then, we felt more togetherness than
we had felt since our plebe cruise. A togetherness which was
destroyed at once with our collective blase, but which we
remembered. Because that time our class was split; no one
cared as the caps sailed into the air who was where, in what
half, or with what future. Our bags had been packed the pre-
vious night. We went home.

ui s 11 fl n "B"

Cruise commenced upon our return and was greeted with
eager anticipation, menacing curiosity, expectation, and antip-
athy; we had been cajoled, warned, and informed about it for
so long that nothing concerning it could possibly alter our feel-
ings. We experienced it as a necessary process; some enjoyed it;
and we returned the same as we had left, with anticipation,
menacing curiosity, expectation, and deep, sincere, genuine
relief. The welcome, cold and misty though it was, shook us to
the point of wild cheering. The afloat process was at an end,
but the class ... a strange, anamolous class — with a small B
after it . . . was at its inception. The sight of that B meant a kin-
dred spirit . . . another one of the boys, someone else who had
been on the bottom end of the scissored sheet. The halls became
alive with fantastic speculation; a thousand fabulous yarns
were engendered, by the rather portentious fact that we had a

B on our jumpers, on a new powder blue name tag over the
door, on all class lists, and on every policy, gouge, form, order,
memorandum, chit, and tree. It was distinctive. We liked it!
Moreover, the last had not been heard of that small B. It
represented a new field for comments, remarks, gags, and con-
versations which never soured or grew stale through over use
... a field which was to remain with the entire class emphati-
cally through third class year. The day of the three-year-won-
der was at an end. For a moment the vast and awesome system-
structure was at a loss, not knowing precisely where we fitted
into the plan, and for a while there seemed to be some doubt
as to whether or not we fitted in at all. But it was only mo-
mentary; and while some tranquillity was restored with defini-
tive dispatch, the remainder trickled in every month. It wasn't
long before the distillation was complete and the resulting gap
so wide that even roommates were disremembered. From that
time on there was never a dissenting word . . . only astounding
rumor. As third classmen, aside from precipitating rumor, we
at last felt conscious of perspective; we realized with constant
rumination what those thousand scuffling shoes of the double-
timing plebe meant; what it took to properly execute a squared
corner; and we realized with repeated force that, strangely
enough, we were not running the show. It was during the
middle years that this perspective was acquired. We griped,
deplored, and reorganized so often that we became saturated
with plans for improvement . . . grandiose wonderful schemes,
impossible as they seemed which could arise only from ener-

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getic, insane, buckets. But at that time we were, again, not
running the show.

Instead we were supposed to be bilging, which we were
not. We Avere predicted to resign en masse, which we did not
. . . although sometimes that was equivocal. We were supposed
to be the most shiftless, lazy, indifferent, cantankerous lot ever
to go through, and daily we exploded that supposition with
such violence that in high places the braid commenced to
whisper. It wasn't that we were eager, alert, military dogs . . .
we possessed one thing . . . perspective. We dragged, letter-
wrote, sketched, described, libertied, and re-stenciled our v^^ay
into two diagonal stripes, a relaxed and highly collected bunch
of dealmasters.

At this time Naval Aviation arrived. It moved in w^ith the
thunderous enthusiasm, courtesy, and traditional zest of the
branch. Its infectious humane approach immediately created a
class of devotees; courting us with the sum total of color,
glamor, speed, amazement, and fire meshed together since Kitty
Hawk; the efficient, smooth, yet unmartinet-like method took
us in a great Chandelle to appreciation and respect. The out-
standing achievement of this new upstart department was an
aviation cruise which was so different, and at the same time so
valuable that it defies description. We returned with un-
squared caps, hangar-flying stories, and liberty tales which
stretched from Rhode Island to Guantanamo. Aviation sum-
mer: an interlude entitled Camid, raillery, sixteen gallons of
perfume, a collective tan, numerous helmets, flight jackets,
nameplates, a million laughs, a modest library, good will, one
broken arm, and enough alligator bags and silk stockings to
operate a large store. Once back, another middle year con-

fronted us like a dreadful impasse, filling us with deep curiosity
as to what the intellectually surtaxed section of our one time
prodigious class had waiting. Would we be pleasantly sur-
prised or drygulched? Again the speculators went wild.

What they did have in store was pleasant. They asked for
cooperation in return for a highly desirable item, referred to
as: Being left alone. Nothing could have met with greater or
more instantaneous success; the whole plan worked so beauti-
fully and easily that the year became nearly uneventful. No
strikes, bombs, fires, or lynchings; only the most harmonious,
innocuous type of healthy class distinction. It was another year
in which to absorb perspective and fructify our plans for man-
agement. It was a year of sighing reliefs. A year in which to
cement the last chinks in the class and present a solid front. A
year in which to throw one superb, dynamic, unbridled, chaotic
week end ... to be lost forever. A year in which to develop
and polish our dragging finesse into split second timing, com-
mand decision, and acute control; the upshot of which was an
infinitude of engagements and other complications.

HI lUBus Of mnu

Concurrent with June Week 1947, the class "arrived."
As the ones left behind streamed noisely from Dahlgren Hall
already an atmosphere of change seemed evident to us. There
would be no leave this time, but the bags were packed . . .
seabags . . . the next day cruise was to start. Another cruise,
more ships, more work, more routine, and more bridge. And
untold numbers of gifts and souvenirs . . . this time from the

Seated: H. L. Robiner; W. Wegner; W. R. Ayers; Standing: M. D.
Marsh; R. T. F. Ambrogi; W. R. Hintz; E. J. Grey; R. W. Bates,
Chairman. The Class Crest and Ring Committee gave us the
symbol of our class unity and of our accomplishment.

F. H. Gralow; T. E. Stanley; G. L. Hoffman. They composed the
Plaque Committee, which, after months of planning and study,
produced the memorial to Boswinkle and Jilson.

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other side of the ocean. We bought Tartan plaids from Scot-
land, Harris Tweed, and bagpipes. We were laden with stain-
less steel knives from Sweden and Denmark, trans-oceanic love
affairs, and unclad statuettes. And all the while the new '48-B
class policy was under test. The fruition of our long perspec-
tive, the policy, inchoate though it was had divided ward-
rooms all over the world into two camps. It represented to
one side of the wardroom a collection of improvements, a tabla
rasa, and a process of streamlining. And an impossible, quack
remedy to the other. The policy was under test.

It is not our place to voice recriminations in either direction;
we can only point out that while we were here, the Naval
Academy has never been a better place to live. That there has
never, in its long and enviable record been more amicability
and understanding between officers, midshipmen, and classes.
That with the guidance and proper emphasis furnished by the
policy nothing could have been more humane, necessary, or
progressive. That with reference to integrity, morale, aca-
demics, unity, spirit, and feeling the Naval Academy has never
been stronger. Consequently, the class, this indifferent can-
tankerous lot, these doomed failures of men, have launched a con-
cussive change; they have accomplished something beyond grad-
uating in a broad sense; they have left behind a monument
through a labyrinth of obstacles, a monument to what they
already possessed . . . what was experienced in a jabbering
busload of weekenders . . . what kept the noise level up in
first class alley . . . what all the gales of riotous laughter always
meant . . . what the firm address stood for . . . what all the mil-
lion shuffling scraping shoes had never meant . . . the difference
between walking a treadmill and running free . . . Spirit.

P fl S I S C II I F I

It is only fair to add, on behalf of tho.se who thought it
couldn't be done, that we did not proceed without reversals,
and that it was not all week ends and laughter. There were
times when the most firm believers began to show signs of
weariness. There were times when everything we had seemed
to be hanging in a balance . . . times which pointed to the
conclusion that we had been wrong . . . that we had fired our
only round, and that it was a dud. Some of the more con-
servative members of the class commenced to question the
whole policy change. However, the more sagacious of the
remainder believed that the difficulties resulted from a seeking,
a settling, of the medium between military training and lenient
understanding; they were right. This was only the inception,
and adjustments were to be expected; inefficiencies were bound
to creep in. It is not complete, but it is nearly so, and we feel
that we are, in a sense, pathfinders.

We were the first class since the war to make it in four (as a
class) . . . we were the first class to receive extensive court-
ship from Naval Aviation . . . the guinea pigs in the writing
of a term-expository-essay . . . the first class to effect a change
in the way of life of poor, tatterdemalion, frustrated, Mid-
shipman Gish . . . the symbol for confused anxiety . . . the
man who has gone through Hell for a hundred years. We
have trail-blazed our way for two miles beyond the original
five, and through it all Gish, the tragic character of a century,
the scrapegoat, the eternal bucket, is smiling for the first time.

Seated: W. Wegner; D. D. Foulds; R. E. SchwoefFerman; R. U. Scott; W. H. Barnes, III; A. M. Poteet; T. Woods, II. Sfmding: G. W.
Marshall; R. V. Bodmer; K. M. Treadwell; J. M. Ivey, Jr.; E. F. McLaughlin, Jr.; B. L. Daley. The class policy committee consolidated
our ideals of leadership into a monumental policy.

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y the very nature of the restrictions imposed ... by the long ruthless days toward one goal ... by
the inessance of drill, militarism, and bodily loneliness he becomes confined to the life he has chosen
. . . the life of duties, orders, papers, guns, ships, and seas. Reminders become unbearable to him in the
small things . . . seemingly inane things ... his attitude matches the glum, bleak winters he spends
within the walls ... as the weather strengthens in coldness he exhales his gripes in breaths of white
frosty vapor and puts his collar up. And during this time he develops . . . quite unbeknownst to him . . .
a defense . . . his sense of humor, without which he cannot survive. Nothing is too serious to escape his
laughter . . . nothing is too grim for his singular humor nor is anything intentional. He endows himself
with characteristics he must possess ... a youthful flexibility. He is friendly, gay, sarcastic, bitter, dull,
exuberant, blunt, cordial, flaccid, witty, and athletic. Under duress he will ruthlessly stand by his class
... he has no time to ally himself with violent political movements ... he has no time for aimless
collegiate relaxation . . . his time has been divided for him since his emergence from all previous life . . .
a past is meaningless . . . the present is hyper-active . . . the future is uncertain. He measures and weighs
the qualities of people, objects, processes, and emotions by a common standard ... a standard opposed
to the radical behaviorism frequently engendered by group life and bond.

But through it all he retains one thing ... in spite of himself and the systems of conformity . . . one
thing which can never be erased from his person. His individuality. His walk . . . the angle of his cap
... his loves and hates . . . each separate and distinct. Every word, utterance and noise voiced, heard,
and sounded is conceived by . . . the individual.

From this body of men come the following biographies . • •

The cornerstone and rock . . . the sweeping eternal greens of the land . . . the small farm . . . the
waterpower and self-control . . . abundant with education, books and learning . . . covered with the
snow of a luxuriant winter. A center for the winter sports fans of the country, New England stretches
northward in a great Christie harboring fishing fleets since the inchoate settlements of white men.
The local man of this section has become, over the course of time, an arch type ... a legend with
his shrewd independence, his resourceful bargaining, and his tempered attitude ... he has dispatched
his ships to the ends of the earth and trawled his nets through his beloved sea for nearly three
centuries.

STOCKHOLM
MAINE

GORDON ALBERT ANDERSON

Andy just got in under the wire . . . they had to put a temporary bend in the
Canada-Maine boundary to make him eligible for the Naval Academy. Andy
claims they grow the best potatoes and Republicans in the world right up
there in Aroostook . . . he's a pretty good spud himself. A year in the V-12
program at Franklin and Marshall took the civilian fuzz off his uniform before
he reported to Navy ... is a good listener until it comes to the system . . . then
he winds up. Week ends find him giving the airplanes their workout . . .
has definitely got his eyes on the clouds. Athletically Andy only responds
when the Executive Department starts waving the execute flag in his direc-
tion ... in fact Andy is a little reluctant to get too serious about this Navy
stuff . . . but then Andy is pretty easygoing with just about everything ... it
just doesn't pay to get riled up over things. Academics are somewhat of a
chore . . . they have to be done so he wades in and manages to come out the
victor. Andy has the record here for the greatest number of — and the least
distance covered on — these week-end, cross-country hikes. Figures on
heading for the old potato patch when they take the shackles off but we can
see that Navy is making its mark on him.

BELFAST
MAINE

HENRY REMSEN

From deep in the woods of northern Maine comes Henroid . . . cattle breeder
. . . gentleman farmer . . . man of parts . . . suave and sophisticated . . . fre-
quenter of the exclusive soirees of New York City . . . and of the slightly less
elite cafes of Baltimore . . . easily adaptable to any situation . . . and able to
make the most of anything he attempts ... be it work or play ... has spent
five years by the bay . . . but not because he liked it . . . has since achieved a
rather pessimistic outlook toward any dealings with the academic board ... no
paragon of athletic prowess ... he has nevertheless tried his hand at the manly
art of wrestling . . . but according to rumor . . . only to prime himself for the
dragging week ends . . . almost as good a judge of women as he is of cattle ... it
is in doubt as to which appeals to him the most . . . Roid can always be counted
on to show up with a raving teasing beauty . . . completely groggy from
reveille until breakfast . . . finally comes sparkling out of his coma about
fourth period . . . delighting all with his dry humor . . . scintillating in his
gayer moments . . . erudite in his more thoughtful ones . . . sanguine ... a
strong friend . . . typical of his state ... the epitomy of selflessness ... in
short ... a man.

LEWISTON
MAINE

RICHARD HINDEN SPRINGE

The most stricking thing about young Richard was his amazing, unexplainable,
all-enveloping affinity for women . . . they all loved him, and he them . . .
changing from one to another with comparable ease and with no trace of con-
science. He carried on a voluminous correspondence with numerous victims . . .
enticing chow and other necessities from them all . . . even those he never met.
Dick never came back from anywhere without a new story . . . gravy train . . .
hig party . . . hcautiful woman . . . with a fhoto to prove it. The search for new faces
and figures never ended . . . though it can be said he was true to one, his mother.
His life was not always consumed by his interest in women . . . he's an outdoor
man . . . from an outdoor state. He prides himself on his love of the many con-
servative benefits offered by nature. He claims that previous to his entry into
the Naval Academy his time was so taken in developing his athletic prowess
that his women could be counted on the fingers of one hand . . . almost. With
the loss of access to the better things of life his interests changed as did his
outlook. His photo album grew rapidly ... as did the beast himself, he ac-
tually put on weight. Neat . . . continually straightening his locker . . . shining
his shoes . . . combing his hair . . . even before an athletic event . . . You can
never tell when you will meet a new face, or figure.

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NORMAN LEWIS HALLADAY

Here's a great guy trying to get by unnoticed behind his quiet retiring manner
. . . like so many cases this quiet nature is hiding a pot of personality gold . . .
Norm is the fellow who needs nothing but a good advertising agency ... a
little knarled like so many of those New Hampshire oaks . . . plentiously
supplied with good sound mature judgment that kind of makes the rest of us
look a little like kids . . . even three years as an enlisted man and the four here
haven't dulled his shining disposition and sparkling good nature . . . only
Halladay and the old man of the mountains knows where he picked up Louie,
but that's what they call him ... he has just the right amount of talent to
really enjoy athletics ... his cocked hat and radiation smile are magnets to the
femmes . . . Louie finds life pretty smooth but only because he makes it so . . .
things just don't ruffle him . . . even if they did he wouldn't let anyone know
. . . but all these things add up to something we can say in just a few words
. . . Louie is a real person ... a swell fellow . . . and a guy we are proud to
call shipmate.

FREDERICK DEWEY JACKSON, JR.

Fred would be a good college professor, and will be too, after his twenty or
thirty years in the Navy ... his application of himself to academics was
admirable ... it was phenominal the way he dug things out of those text-
books when nobody else knew what was going on behind the words . . .
he studied hard . . . very conscientious about the things he believed to be right
. . . easing into a very serious mood when something important was in the air
... a thinker ... his appearance somehow portrayed his ambition . . . studi-
ous . . . neat . . . the organizer or white collar type . . . not athletic . . . more
artistically inclined, with a flair for getting things done. His deep interest in
photography was seated primarily in New Hampshire landscape scenes ... his
skill was demonstrated in the numerous boxes of slides he collected for mental
visits home. The intellectual type . . . interested in the finer things of life . . .
no vices . . . the kind of guy you could trust your best girl with . . . kept one
O.A.O. for four years . . . never dragged for the reasons some of us did . . .
loved music . . . moralistic . . . regulation . . . crass conversation disgusted
him . . . considerate . . . thoughtful ... a true friend ... a man with whom
intellectual conversation was a pleasure ... an escape from the trite grammar of
military life.

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HILLSBORO
NEW HAMPSHIRE

DURHAM

NEW HAMPSHIRE

ROBERT EDWARD MELHORN

Bob knows the Navy . . . but it didn't come easy ... he got it the hard way
. . . through the back door. Right from high school to boot camp . . . quite a
change . . . screamed so hard for a chance to join the active Navy that they
gave him a nice job in Norfolk . . . Virginia that is . . . NTS . . . NOB . . .
what, no USS? A tour at Tome . . . Bainbridge . . . and then to Navy . . . never
regretted a day of his Naval career . . . except those spent ashore. He has a
genious for planning things . . . anything ... his studies ... his career ... a
leap frog race among the harried plebes. Applies himself conscientiously to his
work with noticeable results at grade time. He applied himself to Lacrosse . . .
with results . . . the junior varsity goalie spot . . . that was sheer tenacity
... he had never seen the game before. After plebe year he applied himself to
his social life . . . with results . . . which he intends to maintain. His good mixing
quality . . . and appealing line . . . has broken many a feminine heart . . . but
those days are gone forever. His planning . . . eternal planning . . . made
many a commonplace occurrence turn into a gay old time . . . even a quiet
picnic by the Severn can be worthy of a column in the Washington Post . . .
if Bob's along.

MANCHESTER
NEW HAMPSHIRE

201

PETERBOROUGH
NEW HAMPSHIRE

JOHN DAVID PETERSON

J. D. ... a precocious young lad ever since his birth at the age of seven ... a
small boy picking up his pin money bootlegging to the upstate carriage trade
... a total abstainer himself. This did not prevent him from becoming an
expert in various fields of inertia . . . always in great demand at parties where
he commanded universal attention with his demonstrations of physical prow-
ess .. . so typical of his Fenian ancestry. His physical ability was never con-
fined . . . contrary to the popular belief ... to parlor rugby and the like, for
on the basketball court and the billiard table it was known that he could shoot
equally well with either hand. Prior to his entry into several colleges he
wintered a summer in Alaska ... he still carries the snow . . . where . . .
bracketing the hunting and fishing ... he wrote many of his renowned collo-
quies . . . assembled and unpublished under the title . . . Raw Material. An
unhappy . . . but not unfortimate . . . love affair with a Cornish ballerina
shattered his carefree college life ... he came to the Naval Academy to study
in seclusion ... a place well suited to his convex personality . Here . . . again
bracketing his exemplary conduct and aptitude ... he came into his own. His
familiar figure casting off the quarter deck . . . setting taught the gun-whales,
has become a diurnal fixture. It is impossible to speculate upon how far Pete
will go . . . one thing is certain ... he can't go as fast as his hairline.

MANCHESTER
NEW HAMPSHIRE

ALBERT JAMES THOMPSON

Now that an oasis has been found in the Anarctica you'll probably hear Aldo
advocating skis for torpedo boats . . . Admiral Byrd has a serious competitor
and a worthy successor. Coming from the colder climes of New England . . .
it is not surprising that he has a preference for winter sports. Skiing is his
favorite sport . . he follows it with great energy when he gets back to the
New^ Hampshire mountains on his Christmas leaves. His secret ambition is
to buy the slopes of Tuckerman Ravine for his own personal ski slide. Aldo's
tastes are many and varied ... he goes all out for classical music . . . but his
interests are not all longhair. He likes nothing better than a good party ... if
its not good to begin with . . Aldo's mere presence will make things lively
before long. Your drag . . . that includes everyone from a midshipman to an
admiral ... is not safe as long as Aldo's on the loose. A local shark at bridge
— his finesses ranked him with the experts. Always played the roughest
contact sports . . . came in a mass of blood and bruises. Academics for him
were a soft touch ... his philosophy that of a happy life He plans to be one
of the future Take her iown boys.

MANCHESTER
NEW HAMPSHIRE

KENNETH BRUCE WEBSTER

He would never admit he was a stoic but has accepted the vicissitude of
Academy life with amazing composure and humor. However hard the re-
verses . . . remained imruffled . . . pushed on towards the day he knew would
arrive . . . Graduation. Plebe Math seemed black magic . . . Ken was the
shackle that held the ancor man. But then ... he would say with a smile ... the
anchor doesn't stay on the bottom all of tke time . . . second class year he proved his
point by standing thirty-one. At the sight of snow Ken gets a far away look
in his eyes . . . he's thinking of a pair of skis on the Sherburne Trail ... or the
Headwall of Tuckerman Ravine. Since there are no slopes by the Severn he
turns to his second love . . . football ... at times he denounces the game as an
affront to civilization. His perseverance has brought him up from the J.V. 's to the
Blue team. Because of his oculatory deficiency . . . one of Ken's original words
. . . the line will miss an excellent officer . . . the staff will profit by their loss.
Ken hopes the New Hampshire census will someday show the addition of one
new Webster family . . . then he'll gather them around him . . . and tell of the
Old Havy.

202

LEWIS EDSON GLEASON

Lew still calls the verdant Vermont hills his stamping grounds after moving
to Washington, D.C., seven years ago. The tall thin figure with its prominent
nose could be seen at neatly every hop . . . originator of the No Strain, No Pain
Policy . . . faithfully followed his policy by staunchly maintaining his right to
be on the radiator squad . . . considered himself the Beau Brummel with the
women . . . wears hat at a jaunty angle . . . knows how to study efficiently
. . . consequently gets more than his share of time on his sack . . . dyed-in-the-
wool Camid ... it is rumored he wants amphibious duty, etc., da-a-a! En-
joyed smoking a pipe that smelled like it needed a bath . . . originated the
idea of having chow-downs every Wednesday night during second class year . . .
it became a great success . . . has a sharp sense of humor . . . never lacking an
appropriate comeback for a would-be jokester . . . terrific miler on batt.
track . . . Chug-a-Lug Gleason plays a smooth hand of bridge and cribbage . . .
for a mountaineer from Vermont . . . has a rough time maintaining a positive
GM on all tea cups and coffee cups.

WARDSBORO
VERMONT

ROBERT BORDEN MERCER

With a row of battle nbons and an unbeatable fighting spirit, Bob came to us
from the USS Nashville. Hard luck by the bushel didn't dampen this man's
love for the Navy . . . he's willing to go on for years for that gold stripe. Bob
spent his second class year trying to prove to the Medical Department that he
was just as well as any of them. A happy after-thought to that is that he
remained sat in spite of the necessity of studying in a hospital bed. Here is a
midshipman who's enthusiastic about his dragging, his sailing and the Navy . . .
as well as a good bull session. His main worry ... as is everyone's . . . What
liappcneJ to my store cniit . . . that's a good question. The fact that he had a
tough time with Skinny proves that he is normal . . . hovered just close enough
to the tree to remain a constant blossom on the bush. At times he is a hard
man to convince ... of anything . . . the rest of the time he's on his sack . . .
or in it. A New Englander by birth . . . would rather spend his time in Florida
. . . and as if that's not enough, he would drive his wife crazy rather than give
up his Spike Jones records . . . probably a contributing factor to his wife's
absent mindedness. After Navy Tech . . . anything ... so long as it's in the
Navy, and not to far from wife and fireside.

BATTLEBORO
VERMONT

ORLO CHARLES PACIULLI, JR.

For having been an Army Brat, Spike is a good lad in normal Army style ... he
has lived with his family in you-name-it from Massachusetts to California.
His Latin interests were satisfied by a three year station in Panama. Travel
has given an aptitude for entertaining conversation which his many friends
enjoy wherever they collect. Having lettered in ice hockey, skiing, soccer, and
lacrosse at Lawrence Academy where he spent two years previous to signing
up for Navy . . . Spike chose to pursue the latter while at the Academy . . . and
there is not a man he has played against in the ranks of the long sticks who
won't vouch for his scrappy determination and crafty persistence. When
Spike sat down to do a problem his slide rule did not cool until he had pulled
out an answer . . . the right one. Study hours produced one or more visitors
wanting to see how do you do this one? . . . but he never studied so long that
there weren't a few remaining minutes in which he could read from the book
of his current interest . . . from these books was revealed his unabridged per-
sonality ... for he would read a literary thesis on premonitory research as
enthusiastically as he would a butler-did-it mystery . . . Orlo is versatile
. . . dexterously so ... a veritable panacea of humanity.

MONTPELIER
VERMONT

203

LAWRENCE
MASSACHUSETTS

JAMES EDWARD CALLAHAN, JR.

His outstanding characteristic: tenacity ... a trait which has stood him in good
stead here at Navy ... to him some of the technical subjects are a source of
trouble . . . started with the Class of '47 . . . got by plebe year . . . disaster
struck in the form of youngster Math and Skinny ... he returned to the ranks
of the citizens . . . re-entered Boston College to brush up on Math and Skinny
. . . was reappointed ... on the basis of his work at B.C. ... re-entering the
Academy he v^^as advanced to our class from the Class of '49 ... a lucky break
for us. Jim was born and raised in Lawrence, Massachusetts . . . attended
parochial schools of the area in preparation for college . . . Northeastern
University . . . V-5 program . . . Naval Academy. An abundance of Irish
wit ... is always ready to stop work and swap stories . . . insists that he is
strictly a liberal arts man . . . his hardest subject is all of them with the excep'
tion of Bull and Dago . . . but luckily academics are only a corner of life . . . the
congeniality Jim has and his zest for living far out shadow books and figures . . .
people would give millions to meet life in the sure-footed, happy way Jim does
. . . swing hard . . . keep smiling . . . and remember everybody gets three big
strikes to swing at.

LAWRENCE
MASSACHUSETTS

MATTHEW ANTHONY CHIARA

If ever the confines of Bancroft Hall produced a second Frank Sinatra . . . Matt
did the producing . . . ask him . . . he'll tell you so . . . besides his singing
Matt doubled as connoisseur of Italian cooking and financier of his friend's
dragging ventures. With a peculiar talent for practical jokes . . . when the
spirit moved him . . . Matt frequently gave us both laughs and a chance to use
our vocabulary. A bum dope artist supreme . . . took a most fiendish delight in
seeing his wife proceeding to Steam with his Bull book ... on good terms
with everyone ... his best friends knew the true value of his friendship ... a
good-natured lad . . . usually found singing . . . laughing and giving forth with
the Matt special brand of witticisms ... on certain occasions was given to
hiding under a cloud of academic inspired gloom . . . during such periods fol-
lowed a policy of isolation and afternoons found him closeted with the books
. . . the famous excuse for hitting the tree . . . Yeah but I hai the hasic frinciflcs.
Possessed of a wealth of common sense . . . capacity for hard work . . . Matt
should do well anywhere at anything.

NORTH BROOKFIELD
MASSACHUSETTS

THOMAS WILLIAM CUDDY

Sounding like the typical Bostonian is Tomas . . . New England born and bred
. . . yet still desires to settle down there after his Naval career ... a versatile
individual at North Brookfield High . . . started wearing his Navy Blue when
an Admiral Farragut Cadet . . . has been no farther west than Washington, D.C.
. . . loves his chow as his unfortunate wife can testify . . . thinks that he has an
Irish accent . . . drags as often as he can . . . with as many as he can . . .
matches his wits against the Executive Department . . . seaboots have made
him a martyr . . . academics are the least of his worries . . . skating . . . touch
football . . . hockey . . . must own the controlling stock in both the Saturday
Evening Post and Colliers . . . they occupy most of his leisure time . . . takes a
shower every morning to wake up . . . member of the Flying Squadron . . .
loves to keep his sack weighted down whenever possible . . . ready to try his
talented hand at cards at a moment's notice . . . cruise found him making the
most of liberties . . . cheerfiil and versatile . . . he'll make his own way
through life . . . very salty but he claims otherwise . . . usually very quiet . . .
until you get to know him . . . there is never a dull minute with Tomas ... to
know him is to like him.

204

LELAND FREDERICK ESTES

One of the salty characters who really belong around here . . . having spent
most of his life on or near the sea up in Boston. There is no mistaking his bean
and codfish brogue . . . vitally interested in yachting and sailing in general
ever since he was able to push a tiller from one side to the other . . . which
interest occupied the major part of his time as a member of the sailing team . . .
or on yachts and yawls on week ends and afternoons when dinghies are out of
season . . . always found where the most work is to be done . . . perhaps the
most nautical of sailors when handling boats . . . words common to him seemed
so much Greek to any but old time salts . . . plus his trusted crony Smitty. On
cruise he could be found hoisting flags or swapping yarns with signalmen.
Numbered among prolific mail receivers . . . usual allotment at least three
every day which fact forever puzzled his wife. Music tastes catered to Dinah
Shore . . . Glenn Miller's band . . . Frank Sinatra . . . recognized any popular
tune from a few chance bars floating from window or door . . . every man's
attention should focus on women . . . designed houses complete with cars
. . . figured flyboys did not get more pay . . .just sooner ... a surface Fleet
man . . . hated week-end formations.

BROOKLINE
MASSACHUSETTS

EDWARD BOWEN FLEMING

Straight from the land of the bean and cod came Little Joe. Although just out
of high school he had little trouble holding his own in the battle of the books
for he missed '48-A by only a few numbers. His happy smile and cheerful dis-
position made him welcome company and many friends. Little Joe was not
above an occasional dragging week end, especially if it was the full-sized
edition of the girl on his locker door. We almost lost him on Youngster Cruise
when he stepped on the twenty-fifth rung of a twenty-four rung ladder, allow-
ing gravity to take charge ... he came to a screeching halt in the hatchway
below. This didn't stop him for long even though it put him Hors ic comhat for
the remainder of the cruise. No young Weissmuller, Joe spent many wet hours
with the glub club but finally managed to pass the first-class swimming test.
He now wears a pair of golden water wings donated by the Physical Training
Department. As Irish as the Blarney Stone, Joe swears that Oliver Cromwell
was the re-incarnation of Satan himself. In fact when he landed in England on
first class cruise, he refused to go ashore until he was quite sure there were no
Roundheads in the area.

GREENFIELD
MASSACHUSETTS

HAROLD GURMAN

Look at those eyes . . . they actually have fire in them . . . ebony hair that looks
like a furious sea . . . Gurman is just what he wants to be . . . unconventional
... a non-conformist . . . individualist . . . does anything but what is expected
of him . . . yet he is one of the best guys we know to have around . . . never a
dull moment . . . always doing . . . muscular and brainy. His principles are
soimd and well respected ... an iron-bound will that makes them last . . . three
years or so with the Fleet before Navy Tech helped to get Hal started on a good
blue and gold course. A deep thinker loving to wander in the realm of the
abstract . . . being well read and of a curious nature he ends up in some weird
conversations . . . never more than about three words of being judged insane
by everyone he feels obligated to stand right up at the top of his class just to
show us that he is after all quite rational when the need arrives. Hal's talents
have cheered many of our bluer moments ... a natural musician ... a suave
harmonizer ... a perpetual ray of sunshine flitting about these grey walls ... so
independent that people actually seem to hamper him . . . yet so social minded
that we can't do without him.

fti

LAWRENCE
MASSACHUSETTS

205

BROCKTON
MASSACHUSETTS

CHARLES WAINWRIGHT MINES

What's tlti5 . . . Boston? said young Carlos as he gazed out from between the lace
curtains ... I think I'll settle here . . . and so he did ... to the horror of the
citizenry . . . and has resided there ever since . . . until the fateful day when he
cast his lot with the Navy . . . and came here to dwell on the banks of the
Severn and to disrupt the system to the best of his ability. No strain . . . just
a few nitmhers . . . said Charlie ... as with fiendish glee ... he hacked down his
hapless fellows. They can not fry us all . . . uihat . . . another form 2 to sign . . . they
must have the wrong Hines . . . I'll go straight to the Superintendent. A leading con-
tender for honors in the radiator derby . . . Hot Shot has nevertheless been seen
occasionally wielding a mighty stick on the lacrosse field . . . skylarking . . . not
Chuck . . . oh no . . . would not think of it . . . almost as bad as drinking . . .
laughing Charley . . . rarely serious . . . that's no deck . . . it's a floor ... a strong
friend . . . and he is everyone's friend . . . sincere and helpful . . . who's got the
Juice problem . . . Chuck's working on it. A happy combination of athlete . . .

scholar . . . practical joker
isn't that enough?

. joker . . . and the etcetra's . . . that's Chuck

SOUTH HADLEY
MASSACHUSETTS

WILLIAM ELBERT JOHNSTON

Contrary to all physical phenomena ... a two-dimensional physique . . . earn-
ing for him the honor of being the only midshipman able to turn sideways and
slip past watchful eyes when returning from hops late ... as if to safeguard this
ingenious method of beating the system this Ichabod Crane-like midshipman
found it necessary to confine all his extracurricular activities to amassing
hours of sack time rather than lose the distinction of accommodating Mr. Chas.
Atlas for one of his Before advertisements. This, however, doesn't necessarily
mean that Bill weighs only 97 lbs. . . . with his overcoat on he tips the scales
at a cool 100.5 . . . gazing into the crystal ball of personalities we find that
Bill lives up to that New England breeding ... a serious nature ... a hard
nut to crack . . . consequently hard to know. On close association with this
New Englander . . . one discovers him to be sincere . . . amiable . . , and
endowed with a terrific sense of responsibility. Not prone to be habitually
wearing a smile . . . however, possesses the ability to laugh at the right thing
. . . and at the right time contribute a timely quip of his own. Started his
Naval career as a seaman . . . wishes to continue said career in the Supply
Corps upon graduation.

BOSTON
MASSACHUSETTS

THOMAS FRANCIS KILDUFF, JR.

Thomas Francis Kilduff ... of the Boston Irish . . . better known as Tom or
the Duff . . . Duff had been associated with the Navy for some time previous
to his entrance to Annapolis . . . spent time as a welder in a Navy yard . . . then
enlisted ... to see how the ships kept together after he welded them . . . moved
about . . . finally ended here at Navy. Tom is a quiet fellow . . . when he speaks
he demands action ... a thorough disciplinarian . . . but always has praise for
those who abide by the regulations . . . well known to plebes . . . requires a
thorough knowledge of the modern Navy from each of them. Had a tough time
with academics requiring Math . . . breezed through memory courses . . .
especially Dago and Bull . . . succeeded by hard work . . . something he doesn't
fear. Duff hasn't decided what duty he would like . . . leans toward big ships
... he has the qualities to succeed . . . love of the Navy . . . lack of the fear of
work . . . we wish him smooth sailing . . . 'til we are shipmates again. Started
his fabulous career as a caddie who hated duffers with heavy bags . . this fact
killed any inclinations he might have had for cow pasture pool, and he changed
to the job of hustling for the Red Sox in Fenway Park . . . still fights for the
old club to this day . . . also picked up some odd pointers on the game . . . can
hit a long ball in anybody's league both on and off the field.

206

ROBERT EDWARD KING

Sway backed optimist . . . cheerful smile for his many friends . . . surly scowl for
those he dislikes . . . born poet who would rather, and in most cases docs, delve
into English Lit than floo-id mechanics . . . prides himself on being a pro-
nounced radical whether it be in regards to the price of baked beans in Boston
or the amount of spirits an Irishman requires for survival . . . performs like a
master in the role of life-of-thc-party ... has a genuine, sincere understanding
and appreciation of people and their human shortcomings ... in this lies his
success with persons of varied backgrounds ... his Irish blarney still smothers
many gullible souls ... his broad views find an outlet in such interests as
world trade . . . international shipping . . . and North Attleboro High's foot-
ball team ... his carefree attitude shrouds some very definite ideas on life and
liberty . . . among these being that a smile and a laugh can always be used to
good advantage no matter how serious life tries to become. Hobbies . . . sail-
ing . . . skiing . . . swimming . . . hockey . . . being non-reg. Made his fame as
a teetotaler . . . worked in a defense plant as a truck driver for his present
boss . . . the Navy . . . and managed to "foul things up" admirably well as a
shipping clerk ... his innate "drive" to accomplish what he desires will ever
be to his advantage. '

NORTH AHLEBORO
MASSACHUSETTS

SEYMOUR LEWIS KUNIN

One of the few individuals who derives his satisfaction out of life just from the
simple joy of being alive ... his overabundance of optimism has a distinct
influence over his friends . . . has an overabundance of them . . . he's been
associating with people ever since he was born, one might class them as his
primary interest ... to be more specific ... his passion. There are but a few
problems that cannot be explained by either Freud or Kunin. He has traveled
from everywhere to Worcester ... is particularly adept at meeting anyone on
any plane . . . from the seediest of characters to the brahminical student . . .
converses with each with glib assiduousness. Politics held little for him at the
Academy, his fascination for government and history is surpassed only by our
tear-raising science courses. Not striking by regulation . . . nevertheless a
firm believer in routine . . . except for getting up in the morning . . . knows you
can't mix work and play and be rational in both . . . everythi}^ has its place and
skouU be allocated in its proper sj^ere . . . convinced that sentimental music and
fiction do more harm than good here . . . has the same aversion to them as we
do to his shower singing. One would look far before finding an individual with
his character and personality.

WORCESTER
MASSACHUSETTS

WILLIAM NICHOLAS LANGONE

From the cloistered corners of Boston's North end . . . surrounded by historic
vestiges . . . has risen another of the Nation's greats-to-be . . . the fabulous
Lang . . . not viewing with reverence the famous deeds of his predecessor, Paul
Revere, because ... he tells us . . . patriotic Paul was a despicable Republican.
Tina and Joe may well be proud of their effervescent offspring . . . even though
his studies are, on occasion, a shade below starring . . . this fact may be attri-
buted to his outlying interests, which are not always in the academic line . . .
give him an automobile jammed with campaign posters and a candidate to
back; you will see genius. The Langone: the traditional cigar . . . eyes gazing
into the distance during conversation . . . the positive tone of voice . . . the
offhand manner . . . the deal . . . the angles . . . the peasants ... a humor
immortal ... an impression indelible ... a frankness unsurpassed. Should
you be the recipient of his notorious insults, rejoice, for you have made a price-
less friend ... a politican . . . the man in, around, behind, and in front of the
scenes, beneath whose hard, impersonal exterior dwells a heart of platinum
raviolis. Always energetically lazy . . . always confidential . . . always as
though he had just stepped out of Hemingway . . . complete with a phone
receiver propped between the shoulder and ear.

BOSTON
MASSACHUSETTS

207

MIDDLEBORO
MASSACHUSETTS

HUBERT BRADFORD LOHEED

Plebe year it looked as though he would really be a big wheel on the sailing
team . . . one of the rare plebes who earn an N . . . gave it up after one season
because the boys kidded him too much ... his love of physical exercise would
not let him exercise his skill in that sport . . . content to put the yawls through
their paces for pleasure rather than having his friends kid him about contact
sports . . . got his command plebe year ... a stellar member of the Boat Club
... his big interest . . . leading to the honor of the title, Commodore, his last
year. Quiet . . . very determined in his ideals ... a true New Englander with
the scenes of Cape Cod forever dear to his heart ... a real gentleman . . . never
rattled or excited . . . smooth voice and conversation born of deep thought
quietly articulated with a very broad Boston 'A' . . . perfect diction adding to
intelligent speech ... a lover of cultured talks ... at home with men of dis-
tinction . . . the kind of man who looks good in a library. There was a lighter
side . . . full of fun ... an infectious smile with a touch of confidence offering
friendship to all and getting it in return by a knack of being interested in you

BOSTON
MASSACHUSETTS

WILLIAM A. ROGERS, JR.

Coming to the Academy from Beacon Street via Severn School . . . had the
jump on the boys before we joined the Regiment . . . the great advantage of
being acclimated to these environs . . . managed to outdrag the 1 /c 4/c year
. . . served an arduous plebe year in the old 20th . . . became the most efficient
dope messenger ever to carry the hot to the fabulous Joe "Stationery" Small.
In athletics Will managed to roll up the points for his company boxing team
. . . lead the harriers around Hospital Point until 1 /c year when he found No. 2
gate too inviting ... in the field of higher learning Mellon Head showed the
way . . . kept his nose to the grindstone . . . never letting Navy get the upper
hand . . . even Lunk Head and Hot Lead Eddie couldn't bush him in Juice . . .
helping buckets a daily occupation . . . No. 4 in Math and 25 in the class.
Happy hours were generally spent in Barook's chamber in friendly games with
the boys. Leave rolled around . . . the parade to Yankee land began . . . with
bag in hand and buddies in tow . . . Will was off with a will to have a good
time. One by one the boys met their respective podunks . . . the last man off
thoughtfully left a sign on Will . . . Please unloai at Back Bay. Always had the
reputation for a high old time on leave ... a great guy to have on a party ... or
in a tight spot.

SPRINGFIELD
MASSACHUSETTS

WILBURN ALBRIGHT SPEER, JR.

The results of his efforts in the Springfield Armory are reluctantly carried by
the Brigade every Wednesday afternoon ... in the two years Bill worked there
he picked up a knowledge of mass production technique . . . which he applies
to everyday jobs . . . methodical . . . complete in his undertakings . . . serious
. . . business-like in personal appearance and habits . . . has the ability to bolster
team spirit despite odds . . . but has yet to acquire that characteristic of good
leadership which will prevent the retreat of his own hairline ... is uncom-
promisingly loyal to a sound set of principles and lives by his convictions . . . the
simple fundamentals of life are important to him . . . tolerant and reserved . . .
always a good listener and confident . . . can turn any threatening argument
into a complete absurdity with his facetious remarks ... his subtle sense of
humor allows him to accept life as it is without anticipating worries . . . be-
lieves that with consistent effort upon his own part the future will take care
of itself . . . he's right.

208

JOSEPH PATRICK TAGLIENTE

Joe Tag . . . there's not a person in the place ... no matter where it is . . . who
has not heard of him . . . coming from a number of places, starting with Pittsfield
High where he was sports editor of the local rag; The Students' Pen . . . played
varsity football, basketball and track. From there he went to Berkshire school,
where he lettered in football, basketball and track . . . after this he went to
Holy Cross . . . here he arrived too late for football ... so he participated in
varsity track. This is the background of the fabulous Joe Tag ... as he was
when he stormed into the Naval Academy to indulge in football, lacrosse,
wrestling, and Brigade boxing. It would appear that the Tag was only an
athlete . . . but he is an intellectual paradox wearing shoulder pads . . . reading
poetry in his spare time . . . amazing the English profs with his startling com-

wades through the latest literature . . . generally, he
. interested in anything ... of interest. Honest . . .

enthusiastic . . . and a set of muscles. His string of
friends grows along with him . . . the Tag . . . hopes to get into Naval aviation
. . . don't worry . . . he'll train down for it . . . Joe, the nucleus of Brigade
spirit.

mand of the language
is not limited to sports
sincere . . . diligent . .

i 4

PinSFIELD
MASSACHUSETTS

JOHN CONSTANTINE TSIKNAS

In hoc signo vincit . . . Constantine I. For God, for Greece, for Navy . . . John
Constantine Tsiknas . . . alacrity . . . alle gresse fecundity . . . levity . . .
personified. A true example of the bon natural. A huzzah . . . the click of
heels . . . the notes of the kazatska . . . echo in his path from Falmouth, Mass. . . .
to the Army Air Force . . . bakalava's and metaxa bouquet vie for prominence
in the swath he cut. State to state . . . thought to thought ... his mind a con-
stant kaleidoscope . . . clicking camera's . . . silver wings . . . anchors of gold
... a few well-hidden integrals ... a mind that's wily . . . quick . . . and
retentive . . . crescit eundo. A little man . . . short . . . but stout . . . most of
his hair a jet black . . . say John, I sec you have a few more grey hairs . . . constantly
the butt of short man jokes . . . but never on the short end of a deal ... he was
sure of that. A heart that tumbles frequently . . . that is as big ... as filled
with a love for beauty . . . classic and modern ... as becomes his heritage . . .
scarcity ani want shall shun you . . . Ceres' hlessing so is on you. A deep thinker . . .
about life . . . and the Navy . . . whatever he decides on ... he will probably
get . . . and that looks like wings.

FALMOUTH
MASSACHUSETTS

ROBERT ERNEST WAINWRIGHT

Possesses the most sweet and pure countenance in Bancroft, regardless of his
life history . . . although he might well have been nicknamed Galahad for his
appearance . . . the more popular sobriquet Elf won out when Bob's . . . you
mean Elf's . . . refined Massachusetts tones broke the air during plebe English
sessions ... his themes were well written and beautifully delivered from an
academic point of view ... it was quite a while before they could grasp his
picturesque speech without straining. Had a picaresque background filled
with material for interesting speeches ... his positions have varied from North
Andover's head caddy master to life in the regular Navy . . . spent two of his
three years at sea on the romantic, tropical isle of Trinidad . . . however the
"romantic" aspect was a sour one to Elf . . . that's one reason he forsook the
Caribbean's sand for the Chesapeake's snow. Spent week ends in seclusion with
the ever-present Time if his correspondence was up to date . . . combines the gift
of academic ability with a desire to seek more knowledge and might have
been found poring through a thick, philosophical work during exam weeks
. . . gave up the rank of Ensign, USNR, to come here . . . goes back a mighty
Ensign, USN, secure in the knowledge that now he knows his trade.

NORTH ANDOVER
MASSACHUSETTS

209

ROBERT EDWARD WURLITI2ER

Wurly really started off plebe year with a bang . . . broke his leg in the fall . . .
got rid of the cast June Week . . . youngster year we couldn't get him to drag
. . . till once he tried it . . . now he can't get enough of that stuff . . . never
misses a dragging week end . . . versatile character . . . repaired clarinets . . .
played one, too ... in his youth . . . early stages of war found Wurly as an
electrician's apprentice . . . helped fit out the old Lex . . . proud of that . . .
Navy got hold of him and sent him to radio school . . . took an exam by mistake
and was sent to NAPS . . . then here to Severn Tech . . never did get that
Juice out of his system . . . second class year was spent fixing our radios . . .
suspected also of writing up the gouge for Prof Blank of the Juice Department
... in no other way could Mr. Blank draw those pretty multiple colored
diagrams on the board . . . Wurly stood number one, of course . . . never could
miss him at the record shop in town . . . looking forward to a fireside ... a
little brunette ... a blonde will do ... a stack of records . . . and the Civil
Engineering Corps.

ROSLINDALE
MASSACHUSETTS

JAMESTOWN
RHODE ISLAND

ROBERT SMITH CHEW, JR.

Bob was born and raised in the lazy carefree atmosphere of Jamestown . . .
New England's vacation spot . . . were people come to rest and play . . . and
that's just the way he'd like to spend the first . . . last . . . and middle years
of his life . . . swimming . . . sailing . . . soaking up sim and fun ... in James-
town. A big fellow . . . from a little state . . . with big ideas . . . both Bob
and Rhode Island, that is. His love of home didn't keep him tied down ... he
got around. Spent a short while in Puerto Rico . . . what a spt . . . it's awful
pretty . . . next to Jamestown of course. From there to Washington . . . Dis-
trict of Columbia . . . where he prepped for Navy at St. Albans . . . not satisfied
with that alone he went on for more at Admiral Farragut's institution ... a
man with a purpose . . . and the training to achieve it ... he likes the Navy . . ,
wants to fly for Uncle Sam . . . with salt encrusted wings. His first love is
soccer . . . early training for the game came in St. Albans . . . has tried lacrosse
but still prefers the old associated football. Tall . . . with an easy personality
. . . long on a smile . . . short with a grouch . . . the kind of a ray of humor that
brightens any group. His short, blond, crew cut hair tops the frame of a man
who is good to have around.

WARREN
RHODE ISLAND

JOHN ASSERSON FLETCHER, II

Navy Junior . . . unconventional type . . . with a dogmatic nature ... the kind
that never lost an argument ... no matter which side he was on. Started his
varsity wrestling career early . . . plebe year . . . worked up to captain . . .
twice intercollegiate champ . . . and won himself an outstanding wrestlers
award to round things out. A good-natured . . . jovial . . . easy-to-like sort of
an individual . . . believes in the democratic way of life . . . which led to many
a disagreement with the system . . . you can't say he lost any arguments here
... he never argued with them ... it was futile. The bouncing gate of
Muscles . . . and his belief that they ion't dan fry mc made John a constant member
of the varsity extra-duty squad. Wrestling . . . ED . . . track ... an all-around
athlete. A fast 880 man . . . could have been better . . . but his heart was in
the loft . . . the lure of the loft kept him away from the cinder path ... a break
for Navy's wrestling record. He loves the sea . . . mostly from the cockpit of
a star ... or a knockabout ... a nautical wizard since his youth . . . John
one day hoped to lead his lubberly wives to the Thompson Trophy . . . never
quite made it. Likes to use his study time to read . . . anything that is recent
. . . Time . . . Reader's Digest . . . novels . . . anything that's good.

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EDWARD BOOTH HEBDEN

Doo comes from Rhode Island and never lets anyone forget it. For such a small
state it has left a profound impression on the boy . . . from its grand old tradi-
tions and history dating back to pre-revolutionary d^ys to its present day
potentialities as a thriving and progressive state ... all the chapters between
these extremes have been touched upon at one time or another by Ted. Nor
was the New England background wasted on him ... he can draw out his a's
as well as the best Bar Harbor boys. One of the better known of the class . . .
he spends very few lonely afternoons. He loves crowds . . . and is always
found to be in the midst of one Perhaps it was his smile ... or maybe his
excess of energy . . . that attracted others. One of the fortunate boys who
didn't have to waste time studying ... he spent his many leisure moments
dragging . . . eating . . . and sleeping. Proved he could take it by never
getting angry about the constant rubbing he took about his height ... a scant
five feet five. Even the profs managed to get a dig in here and there . . . but Doo
always managed to come back with a fitting remark.

JOHN JOSEPH PATRICK McDONALD

That Irish name makes Mac what he is to us at Navy . . . typical is his Irish
wit and love of fun ... his easily excitable Irish temper has been felt . . .
rough and ready for anything . . . prefers a few cups of joe and a sack drill to
any dragging week end. Even though many think it impossible to throw a big
liberty without the fairer sex . . . Mac can . . . and does . . . heave some liberties
that are unprecedented. Can readily boast of more bartender friends than any
other man at the Academy . . . many believe it his chosen profession. Makes
friends easily . . . definitely not an introvert . . . when it comes to his friends.
His chronic complaining ... his tall sea stories . . . which even those of us
who know him sometimes believe . . . and his many exploits at Navy . . . such
as his ping-pong skill that has led his battalion to many victories ... all are
known as part of Mac by his classmates. Before entering the Academy Mac
spent two years on the Wichita ... he touched England and Iceland ... his
most memorable experiences were the Murmansk Run ... on to the Pacific
and the Aleutians . . . finally the South Pacific and . . . Guadalcanal. With his
experience . . . fine character . . . and ability . . . Mac should enter the Fleet
well qualified.

LONSDALE
RHODE ISLAND

EAST PROVIDENCE
RHODE ISLAND

EDWARD FRANCIS McLAUGHLIN, JR.

Small . . . unpretentious . . . but with a mighty potential . . . comparable to
an atom bomb . . . not to be shoved around . . . possessor of a fighting gaelic
spirit that can't be subordinated . . . high aspiration and determination . . . and
a pair of twinkling, friendly eyes . . . that's what he started out with . . . and
what he will go a long way with. Started his education in the old home town
. . . captained victorious basketball and baseball teams . . . showed superior
points every time he started something new. Continued his education and
civilian life at Providence College . . . then left the old home town for a fling at
Navy . . . says he doesn't regret it . . . that shows his eternal perseverance and
strength of character. In his new life he determined to take . . . and like . . .
everything they could throw at him ... it was tough at times but it worked
out. His section mates will long remember his Percy the Penguin walk . . . which
was the same in and out of ranks . . . and his angelic expression, spirit and
determination. Those under him will remember him for his sympathy . . .
kindness and helpfulness. The kind of a guy you could trust with your OAO
. . . almost. If four years is long enough to judge a man . . . Ed's friends are
of his future as a Naval officer.

WOONSOCKET
RHODE ISLAND

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NEWPORT
RHODE ISLAND

FRANK STANFORD TIERNAN

On January 5, 1926, young Frank Tiernan drew his first breath of clear-warm
California air . . . since that eventful day Frank has journeyed to China and
back . . . finally settling in Newport, Rhode Island, which is now his per-
manent home. His dad ... a retired Navy captain . . . did rather a good job in
indoctrinating his two sons in the ways of the Navy ... for Frank's older
brother Tom preceded him at the Naval Academy and graduated with the
Class of '47 . Soon after graduating from Rogers High School in Newport Frank
enlisted in the Navy V-12 . . . but before he could be called to active duty he
won an appointment to the Naval Academy . . . says he has never regretted it
since. His keen wit and scintillating sense of humor are a main factor in raising
his classmates' morale from that morbid level to which it so often sinks. Though
he limits his athletic prowess to the company soccer field . . . there was never
a more ardent team supporter. There is no plebe question the answ^er to which
Frank does not know. In spite of the fact that the pages of his textbooks are
filled with much doodling . . . Frank has yet to run even a close race with the
Academic Departments ... he will always be in front of the pack.

NORWALK
CONNECTICUT

PHILIP HEARN BOLGER

There are a lot of men who aspire to go into the Air Corps . . . but few will
admit they want to get into patrol bombers because of their super-luxury . . .
a sack. Suave old Phil . . . one of the more colorful pebbles on the beach . . .
is definitely one of the party type . . . and he looks the part . . . red hair . . .
ruddy face . . . and an every-ready smile. Never complains that a party is dull
. . . with him there it's sure not be be. Always prepared to have a good time
. . . whether it be a week-end party in Annapolis or a New Year's blowout in
Baltimore. A chronic fixture in the hospital during the dark ages . . . Phil
always came back to sacrifice himself as bait to the Executive Department . . .
and tackle the lost academics. The most profitable asset to . . . and principal
supporter of . . . the book clubs in Annapolis . . . Phil would much rather read
the latest best seller than the impending navigation assignment. If ever you
meet Phil on the street beware of the broad smile and enthusiastic greeting . . .
the chances are it's not intended for you . . . but the beautiful blonde walking
beside you ... if she's not a blonde . . . he'll greet her anyway. His pet project
for first class year was an expose of the Lucky Bag . . . he's still working on it.

RIVERSIDE
CONNECTICUT

JAMES HARRISON HEWES CARRINGTON

After a quick scouting of Jim's athletic record at Andover, Fordham, Cornell,
and Notre Dame, Rip Miller remarked. There is officer material. So Jim left his
reserve commission behind and became a plebe. Though he never had too much
difficulty with the Academic Department, he will never be remembered for
his excellence in the classroom . . . nor would the Extra Duty List be com-
plete without "Happy Jim's" name thereon. Sports, then, were his means of
survival and his source of conversation. We hai wind sprints today was the
usual beginning to the evening's conversation which ranged from the athletic
to a week end at the beach. Though football and swimming took up the fall
and winter months, lacrosse was The Comet's pet, and, though he spent a good
deal of time in the penalty box, the crowd was never at a loss for laughs when
he had that club in his hand. Whether his athletic record will be remembered
here after he's gone or not, his immortal words will: Foodball is a wery chawactah
mowliink s^ounit. His friends will never forget his size ... his spirit ... his
ability to make you like him and his ability to make a session human . . . and
something to remember. A Navy great today . . . and the same tomorrow.

212

JACK HENRY CONABLE

Bantam ... a home town as small as its name implies . . . and situated in the
cold North . . . yet Connie was always complaining about the frigid weather
in Maryland. The traditional New England reserve was somehow lacking in
Jack . . . lost perhaps in San Juan while there as an Aviation Mech. ... or maybe
he just didn't bow to tradition. Collecting pipes was his greatest passion . . .
regretting only that he couldn't smoke them all at once. He's never seen with-
out one . . . except when he's smoking a cigar ... for variety. Fast . . . and
with a zeal for accomplishment ... his ability to find declinations and G.H.A.'s
in split-second time was the bane of his fellow table punchers in Nav. This
manual dexterity also showed up in his plane models ... all works of per-
fection. Plying his hobby and presiding over the Model Club was excuse
enough to own a variety of tools in his confidential locker ranging from a
soldering iron to a lathe. Reading Collier's ... or the latest book banned in
Boston . . . also absorbed his spare time. This latter category was his special-
ity .. . others from all over Bancroft would find out from him if the latest book
was worth reading. We predict a successful Naval career . . . with a pipe and
a pound of tobacco he would be the best portable smoke screen generator in
the outfit.

BANTAM
CONNECTICUT

JOHN MARSHALL PERKINS

Derives his sobriquet from the first syllable of his name . . . follows the foot-
steps of a long line of ancestors who have gone iown to the bathtubs with ships.
During his brief, he hopes, tenure at the Trade School he has blazed a path
amongst the trees in all of the academic woods. Perk has not had too many
encounters with the stem disciplinarians who haimt historic Bancroft Hall . . .
but he has already worn out three pairs of sea boots on the extra-duty squad.
In the interim this dashing tyro has managed to be corned by a goodly share of
the yoimg lovelies with his wiiming smile . . . sparkling half-wit and capacity
for humor almost as great as his capacity for wine and song. His prowess on
varsity soccer . . . track and lacrosse speak for themselves ... as does his
physique . . . the result of years of back-breaking grinds around a card table.
Perk is leaving behind him for posterity's sake, one set of weights . . . guaran-
teed to weigh no more than five pounds . . . one book on Regulations . . . How
to Get Arouni Them ani Still Grt Caught ... 23 volumes of his diary . . . and a
large number of friends.

NEW HAVEN
CONNECTICUT

ROBERT ALLAN SCHULTZ

Deciding there was no future in slaving away in the glass factory back home . . .
the blond Dutchman from Coimecticut swimg his lacrosse stick over his
shoulder . . . journeyed to Navy . . . and has stuck it out. Curly haired . . .
rough and rugged . . . carefree ... a practical joker ... he can take them too
... in fact, he thrives on causing a commotion ... all of this and his ability to
settle down to hard work hold him high in the esteem of others. Academics
never caused him to worry . . . this was due partly to natural ability . . .
partily to his idea that there were nicer things to ponder over . . . being in his
sack was a constant concern . . . and a novel drenched in cigarette smoke
much more interesting than a Steam book. The lacrosse stick ... it came in
good use ... for Navy, that is . . . for three full seasons . . . Dutch ... he was
using the stick ... a consistent player ... a staWart at his defense position
. . . sticking to the rugged sports always, Dutch took a fling at football . . .
batt . . . J.V. . . . varsity ... his football was good ... his lacrosse superb
... a Red Mike . . . not exactly ... by a long shot, no . . . there was always a
party for the week end.

MERIDEN
CONNECTICUT

213

Jach of these names once appeared over a door . . . each name once appeared on watch bills, on class lists, and in
class registers. Occasionally one of these names reappears on some uncorrected form . . . engendering a fleeting
remark . . . Say, do you remember this guy? . . . the list is then corrected deleting the name with a thin black line. We
cannot but remember these men, however they left us . . . these men with the thin black line through their names.

John Albert Adams
William Corbett Albright
Philip Kenneth Allen
Arthur Lloyd Anderson, Jr.
Alfred Walton Atkins, Jr.
Gilliam Maxwell Bailey
William Hatchett Bason
John Wells Bates
Geoffrey Bonser Beardall
Edward Clinton Bennett, Jr.
Clive Vinton Berry
John Mferrill Bolton, Jr.
Alexander Francis Bonacarti, Jr.
Beau Bonnifield
Carroll William Boswinkle
William Robert Brandt
Charles Ballard Breaux, Jr.
James Hugh Brennan, Jr.
Robert John Brennan
Nathaniel Wells Bullard
Lester Ernest Butzman, Jr.
Carmine Thomas Campagna
Robert Arthur Carney
Robert William Carrig
James Thomas Chandler, III
George Wesley Channell
Wayne Eldridge Childers
Robert Bertrand Connelly
Harvey Conover, Jr.
Tommy Dale Cook
Roland Reece Corey, Jr.
Russell William Corkum
Neil Joseph Corriveau
James Walter Covington
John Robert Cowan
William Newton Crofford, III
Fred Elsworth Croy
Wilfred Harry Dearth
Joe Earl Deavenport
John Lewis DeLargy, Jr.
Donald David Denny
Frederick Warner Denton, III
Roy Richard Desjarlais
Robert Lester Dodd
Dean Canon Douglas
Cecil Gravlee Duffee, Jr.
John Frederick Earley
Bernard Henry Eichler
Ralph Irving Ellsworth
Robert Harold Emmich
Edward Herman Engdahl
Henry Harrison FincK
Isaac Weeden Fish
Kenneth Howard Fleming
Manuel Ernest Flores
Robert Ray Foster

Clair Burton Gamble
John Joseph Gaskin
Thomas Micheal Gill
Russell Francis Goodacre, Jr.
Victor Louis Grigal
Donald Michael Harlan
William Wirt Harlm, Jr.
Harold Douglas Harris, Jr.
John Arnold Hartman
William Victor Hauck
Jack Charles Haynes
Frank Peavey Heffelfinger, Jr.
John Carter Henry
Harold Verlin Hester
Herbert Heyman
Robert Wirthlm Hill
Thomas Lee Home, Jr.
James Belemus Hughes, II
Gordon Lawrence Ingram
Franklin George Jansen, Jr.
Ralph Eber Jillson
Charles Richard Johnson
James Arthur Johnson, Jr.
Wade Anderson JoUilf, Jr.
Walter Lee Jones
Nick John Kapetan
James Evans Kelly
John Killeen

Edward Albert Kimball, Jr.
Lawrence Gale King
Glenn Reichert Kleinau, Jr.
Francis Marion Knapp
Archibald Cribble Knisley, III
Alan Bryan Knudtson
Gerald Krekstein
David Charles Larish
Emil Fortunato Lattarulo
Frederick William Lauer
Raymond Wesley Loomis
Joseph Hervey Luce
Newlin Bryce Mack
Russell Ambler Maguire ^
John Gary Mahan, Jr.
Lee Moffett Marsh
Joseph Arthur Mars ton
Herbert Ulous Martin
Richard Increase Mather
Richard Baird Maxwell
Ralph Welburn McArthur
Charles Phillip McCallum, Jr.
William Henry McClure
John Joseph Patrick McDonald
Orville "D" McDonald
James Marshall McHugh, Jr.
Harry Hunter Mclntire
Cecil Marshall McKenzie
Arthur Stephen Mehagian

William Everett Mendes
James Andrew^ Mickle, Jr.
Pemberton Foster Minster, Jr.
Arden Biewend Molstad
James Walter Monahan
Darvon Dale Montgomery
John Thomas Moore
Wallace Richard Muelder
Paul Bulpin Omelich
Mandell Jack Ourisman
Walter Thurston Pate, Jr.
Henry Pancoast Pendergrass
James Reynold Peterson
James Stuart Pittman, Jr.
Percy Newton Plylar, Jr.
Robert Samuel Potteiger
Thomas Richard Powell
David Uranus Rakestraw, Jr.
Donald Harry Rathbun
Edmund Middleton Rhett
John Duff Robbins
John Robert Rodgers
Frank Orlando Roland, Jr.
Robert Jess Salomon
Valentine Hixson Schaeffer, Jr.
Clyde Luther Scott
Donn Curtis Sells
Robert Morris Sexton, Jr.
Maurice Joseph Shannon, Jr.
Philip Medford Smithers
Clayton Lawrence Solum
Edward Allen Stevenson
George William Stone
John James Sullivan
Patrick John Sullivan
William Franklin Tarlton
Donald Arthur Teeple
Philip Farrington Thomas
Robert Eyman Totman
Jack Eryl Townsend
John Joseph Tracy, Jr.
James Lyle Treece
Albert Cleaves Van Metre
Thomas Merritt Welsh, Jr.
Edward Junior Wessel
Kenneth Harlan Wetzel
Barry Dean Whittlesey
"D" Robert Williams
Francis Herbert Williams
Frank Taylor Williams
Isham Rowland Williams, Jr.
Robert Joseph Williams
James Martin Woolsey, Jr.
Glenn Frederick Wright
Ernest Eugene Yeager
Joseph Laurie Young

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'THet^to^Kdctcia

The core . . . the beginning . . . the heart of industrial America . . . the towering looming buildings
. . . the smoke from the factories of the nation . . . the sicyscraper and the meatpacker . . . the sub-
ways . . . the tunnels . . . and bridges . . . under, through, and over the pulse of enterprise. From
Atlantic City to the Capitol Building . . . from the fisheries of Wilmington to the scrap ships of Balti-
more ... it is a teeming, roaring mass of people, trains, trucks, factories, ships, roundhouses,
garbage scows, and private homes. It is a way of life for the people ... it is a brain for the nation
... it is a humanity center for the world which reaches higher and controls more than the already
distanced imagination could ever grasp.

AUGUSTINE ALBERT ALBANESE

Keeping track of nicknames gets confusing for Triple-A . . . Augie to his
friends at home . . . almost anything with at least six A's in it to his friends at
Navy. Al is the baby of the class . . . '48-B's youngest member . . . was in
such a hurry to get to Armapolis that he didn't even bother to graduate from
high school. Rare is the week end that Al doesn't answer the fall out the iincrs
. . . four long years he was the envy of his classmates at mailtime . . . always
claimed that a good three quarters of the stack was only fan mail from his
three sisters ... his roommates never swallowed that story. He wasn't a
varsity athlete, but he always fought for the honor of whatever company he
was gracing that year . . . soccer . . . cross country . . . the plebe sub squad
. . . filled the afternoons. During sacktime ... a whispered j>inoMc from two
decks off would bring him to his feet in a hurry . . . wielded a mean pinochle
hand . . . but any game involving 52 pasteboards found him proficient. Al
fought the Academic Departments to a standstill . . . when the smoke had
cleared he had a distinct edge in Dago his wife considering adding Cyrano to
his collection of nicknames, but there weren't enough A's in it. At any rate . . .
duty in France is something Al is looking forward to.

CANASTOTA
NEW YORK

BROOKLYN
NEW YORK

EDMUND STEVE ARMSTRONG

Baseball . . . living, eating, playing, and talking, baseball ... he plays it with
enthusiasm and sincerity . . . would make an excellent baseball coach in any
school. There's something about him that tells you he is a character, and a
baseball player . . . some people are born and thus endowed with certain
mannerisms which indicate their love . . . like baseball . . . this fact is evident
in Eddie ... he was born a ball playing character . . . the William Bendix type
. . . the everlasting good nature . . . the near not of the fans. When he arises
in the morning . . . placing the wall of the room back, cutting down the fresh
air supply to a Roaring Forty ... he demands absolute silence prior to break-
fast . . . silence while he attempts to remove some of his steel brush beard . . .
no conversation while he slips another new blade into his razor and slides over
another square inch of face surface. Baseball keeps him from being an active
wolf ... in fact, he spends little time dwelling on the subject . . . has a pleasant
time when he does drag . . . it's the baseball playing character, or the gentle
athlete that does it . . . but still he lacks the wolfish killer instinct to pursue
these associations. He possesses a constant desire to improve himself ... an
attitude which cannot but result in happiness success and profit ... be it
leading hitter ... or leading JO.

WILLIAM HENRY BARNES, III

One minute serious and dignified ... the next acting like his favorite comedian
. . . Bob Hope . . . smokes a pipe . . . would rather go out and knock a tennis
ball around than eat ... a practical joker. As chairman of the Hop Committee
he works for bigger and better hops ... his pet project was the Ring Dance . . .
which he pretended to worry over, but actually enjoyed every minute of.
Claims that Westchester County of the Empire State is God's own . . . and
would willingly die in defense of these words. Never a slash ... or a textbook
man . . . Bill is essentially a reliable practical thinker. To ease his financial prob-
lem during pre-Academy summers he worked ... on a construction gang ... as
a boys' camp counselor. Can never keep his females straight . . . always ends up
the center cog in a week-end entanglement . . . moves easily in any circle . . .
has fun, friends and frolic in all. Likes the Dukes music . . , can't jitterbug . . .
hopes someday to play piano. He's looking for the ideal girl who likes sports
and the quiet life. Bill has more life when taps rolls around than any ten men . . .
hates to hit the sack . . . yet when reveille rolls around you'd think he was built
into the mattress. Played four sports in prep school and lettered in all . . .
sports are his main hobby and relaxation.

NEW ROCHELLE
NEW YORK

216

JACK BARUCH

Out of the fat world'. . . . these words . . . plus a dog-eared poker deck ... a
tremendous appetite for potato pancakes . . . health cake . . . and Heme . . .
Black Jack invaded Navy. An athlete of no mean proportions at New York's
City College . . . interests soon branched out to include sun bathing . . . and
dancing. During the time he did devote to sports . . . Barney soon displayed
his athletic prowess . . . foes will long remember his skill on the basketball
court . . . came into his own second class year . . . was really living when he was
presented with a barbell set . . . his room immediately became the best adver-
tisement the York Barbell Co. ever had . . . long remembered by his friends for
his weight lifting . . . dancing instructions . . . intense summer tans. Academic
life ... a breeze for Jack . . . study hours were consumed either by conning
with some of the boys ... or by writing to his feminine admirers. It didn't
take long to establish his position as operator of his company. The little black
book . . . read like the Gotham telephone directory when he arrived . . . soon
bulged with numbers from Baltimore and Washington. The Academy has
changed Black Jack only slightly ... his poker deck is new ... his appetite is
just as large ... he is still Out of the fat worW.

NEW YORK
NEW YORK

RICHARD VINCENT BODMER

A born New Yorker ... up state that is . . . started his life there and will go
back to enjoy it there some day. Odd jobs . . . grease monkey . . . grocery
boy . . . dairy hand . . . brought him through life to Bullis Prep. From there he
brought his frame ... all flve-feet-six of it ... to Navy for preparation for a
future. By insisting that his name was Dick ... he insured the success of his
newly acquired handle . . . body . . . which of course did not last long amongst
his Spanish speaking buddies . . . who insisted that it be pronounced . . .
Cuerpo . . . logical reason for a nickname . . . isn't it? A high school basketball
star . . . short but hot . . . put him in line for a successful year in company
sports . . . football . . . soccer . . . gym . . . and all other sports related to
basketball. After breaking a front tooth playing lacrosse plebe summer ... he
decided Softball was a good sport to make his mark in. Famous for passing
Skinny with a two point five zip . . . not once . . . but twice . . . gave him the
right to thumb his nose with the right-hand-rule any day of the week. Aca-
demics were a bother . . . never sure of just how he would make out . . . but
couldn't see why that should keep him from being of some use to his class . . .
company representative . . . member of the monumental forty-eight class policy
committee . . . member of the Newman Club. Ambitions . . . plenty, to be
happy . . . play golf . . . and to grow to be 5 '7 ".

ROCHESTER
NEW YORK

THOMAS PAUL CHEESMAN

As long as the Giants are the winning team . . . it's possible to live with him
. . . wears a frown or a smile depending on the outcome of the game ... at
times it's monotonous . . . his continuous raving . . . Giants this . . . Giants that.
There is something about him that makes living with him pleasant ... he
enjoys being fuimy ... on winning days that is . . . usually succeeds in getting a
few laughs . . . never encourage him or he continues. In academics . . . put it
this way ... he gets by with little effort ... his daily marks are not too high
. . . but he always comes through on final exams. His favorite pastime next to
baseball is eating ... as completely satisfied with a plateful of mashed potatoes
and gravy as with a T-bone . . . consumes numbers of chocolate bars with little
effort. Before journeying here to l^avy on Severn he . . . well now ... he could
have done most anything . . . and probably did. It is evident he spent a few
afternoons at the Polo Grounds . . . and not attending baseball games ... he
could most certainly be located on the beach at Fairfield, Conn. Drop around
to his room in the afternoon after classes . . . after his visit to the steerage . . .
and you will find him in complete happiness pressing the mattress to the
springs . . . with a milkshake in one hand and the Hfws m the other . . . with
music by Spivak or Beneke on the turntable ... he is in a dreamland without
worries.

MANHAHAN
NEW YORK

217

ALBANY
NEW YORK

RICHARD JOHN CLAS

Before entering the Naval Academy Dick attended Christian Brother's Academy
where he obtained his first introduction to the military life ... he was an
outstanding member of the rifle team . . . eventually team captain . . . receiving
state and national honors during his last year. Dick is a shorty . . . with that
quick way about him that little men have . . . constantly on the go whether he
is convinced where he is going or not. Females might classify him as cute
... an adjective which makes the male shudder. He's proud of that wavy
blond hair . . . claims to be the only midshipman who after the word to draw
slips is given will stop to comb his hair . . . however it never showed in the
little red book. Likes? . . . sure lot of them . . . movies . . . boiler makers
. . . boogie-woogie . . . Read's Drug Store . . . combs . . . politics . . . hunting
. . . guns . . . pinochle . . . and of course dragging. Of course he was a member
of the Varsity Pistol Team ... a crack shot who was always working for that
possible perfect w^hich requires a swiss cheese bull's-eye. In the spring he
kicked around as a goalie with a butterfly net on the lacrosse team . . . not
because he was necessarily varsity material . . . but rather for the love of the
game. Future ambition is the silent service . . . the imdersea Fleet . . . and a
Navy wife ... so often inevitable.

CHARLES PARKER COULTER

Parks is at home anywhere . . . Long Island . . . New York . . . Annapolis . . .
anywhere. Has friends everywhere . . . Long Island . . . New York . . . An-
napolis . . . everywhere. Like his friends, his interests vary . . . photography,
he's never printed a picture . . . music, classical and from a phonograph . . .
the theatre. Navy has a rather limited ligit. season . . . sailing, never sets a
hand to the tiller except on leave. A natural athlete . . . left track, skiing and
football at Vermont Academy . . . where he was prepared to ease through
academics . . . for soccer and lacrosse at Navy's Academy. On the soccer field
he ran around the best of them . . . even managed to captain the team. An un-
stable element in lacrosse . . . but managed to give the opposition a bad time . . .
a good many times. Do 1 need a shave to go on watch ani I horrowei your white gloves
. . . always the ideal wife . . . down to your last pair of clean gloves. A firm
believer in the steerage . . . believes that no well-organized outfit should be
without one. His novel and constant excuse for a little sack-time was his ever-
present charlie horse. As regular as study hour was the ever-present querry . . .
what's the assignment . . . assignment sheets were just another item the wife sup-
plied ... a hard worker ... at enjoying life.

MANHASSET
NEW YORK

HOWARD SYDNEY CROSBY

Here's a chap that seeks the higher levels of entertainment . . . perhaps that's
the key we are looking for to examine our subject . . . Crosby naturally picked
up the Bing to go with his last name and also with his habit of setting the
shower rocking with his renditions of the latest ... an avid opera fan . . .
Saturday afternoons are spent with his highly trained ear glued to the radio and
that enchanted opera look on his face . . . but refinement and polish go hand
and hand with Bing ... a gentleman . . . reserved . . . conservative, mature
manners and outlook . . . the Photo Club's darkroom is his hang out ... it is
rumored that he has struck gold up there but we think it's just a sincere interest
that keeps him up amongst the enlargers so much ... a good mixer who fits
into any crowd . . . Bing never says much . . . he is usually too busy. . . serious-
ness is an art with Bing and he knows exactly how to use it ... he is respected
for quiet confidence in himself and for his ability to handle just about anything
that comes up ... he is one of the boys who have kept us in line by just setting
an example of mature judgment and habits.

NEW YORK
NEW YORK

218

DANIEL WILLIAM CULLIVAN

A product of upstate New York . . . Oswego to be exact . . . Cully came to
Navy over the protests of most of the young ladies of that part of the Empire
State who couldn't stand to see him go. Dragging became a habit with him
. . . unusual indeed was the week end when Dan could not be found escorting a
queen of comely proportions over the cobblestones of Annapolis. Weekdays
found him hitting the academics hard ... to keep his marks above the safe
waterlme, as he said . . . but some of the 2.5 boys in his sections wondered
just what he considered a safe waterline. Tennis and soccer here . . . hunting
the wild life of northern New York when at home furnished him the exercise
he needed to keep in trim . . . but these efforts were largely offset by his in-
temperance in the steerage. Munching chocolate bars and guzzling milk shakes
while conversing with the fountain girls was his idea of how to spend a rainy
afternoon. His greatest diversion is running his friends . . . never passing up an
opportunity to do so. His smile ... a half guilty thing . . . lights up his face
like a pinball machine at 50,000 and makes the ladies love him and then forgive
him.

OSWEGO
NEW YORK

BENJAMIN SIMEON DOWD, JR.

Benjamo is a New Yorker bom and bred and proud of his heritage of the great
city of Gotham and its environs . . . claims to have been bom with a silver
cocktail shaker in his hand . . . and is admittedly one of the better bartenders
known around these parts . . . lover of the finer things of life ... he appreciates
good food . . . good drink and a beautiful girl . . . and is fully capable to take
proper care of any or all three ... a supporter of the sport of kings ... he can
often be heard to remark that Bewitch is a sure thing in the fifth at Bowie ... a
member of the water polo team ... he also tries his hand at golf, tennis and
squash . . . but usually prefers his sack or the magnetic charm of Crabtown to
any exertion on the athletic field . . . rarely seen without a distinguishing patch
of adhesive tape adorning his physiognomy ... a Bull slash extraordinary . . .
Mo is fully capable of discussing intelligently the advanced principles of
Schopenhauer or Nietzsche . . . and is famed for his superb letter writing style
. . . claims he looks much better in tails than in a uniform and would wear them
every day of the week if given a chance . . . spends his free time either sailing
or working at his easel where he turns out some excellent interior decoration
jobs . . . always ready for a party . . . ready with a caustic comment . . . gen-
erous . . . kindhearted ... he is a good friend and a pleasure to be with.

BELLPORT
LONG ISLAND

IAN NIARN ERASER

Scotty is looking forward to duty aboard Old Ironsides . . . it's the only ship
left in the Navy with sails, and if a ship doesn't have sails . . . Scotty just
won't be at home. Academics were merely something that broke up sailing
trips ... he did fine with them, but they kept him off the bounding bay most
of the week. Scotty 's sunburn lasted from early April to late September ... it
made his freckles stand out like Diamond Shoal lightship ... he ruined many a
drag's complexion . . . but none of them seemed to mind. A charter member
of the Hellcats . . . Scotty blew a mean bugle until 1/c year, when he traded
the bugle in for the whistle that went with the Corps' 3 striper outfit. Even in
athletics, the laddy wouldn't leave his beloved water . . . swimming and water
polo filled the days when the yawls were laid up. During first class year he
fought the inevitable conflict of yawls vs. football. Sometimes our under-
standing failed us . . . imagine giving up two weeks of leave to sail the "Va-
marie" to Bermuda ... or a Saturday moming inspection ^vhen he had a kitten
in his confidential locker. Yet, he was not to be dismayed by the never ending
system.

WAVERLY
NEW YORK

219

EDWARD FROTHINGHAM, JR.

If you ever ^vant to find Jimmy easily any Wednesday afternoon just look for a
waving bayonet and then follow down the barrel of the attached M-1 until
you see a pink cherubic face that beams in blissful complacency . . . square
. . . chunky ... his weakness is catsup . . . covers everything he eats with it
. . . say how is it on desserts, Jim? Jimmy is one of those fellows with so many
little oddities to be remembered by that we don't know vi'hich we'll remember
longest ... his prized collection of pipes . . . one is usually conspicuously dis'
played in the middle of his face ... his close cropped blond hair ... his un-
bounded interest in baseball and Them Bums ... a couple of laughing dimples
on an otherwise unexpressive face ... his fanatical need of high quantities of
cold fresh air . . . all these little things add up to make Jimmy one of those guys
you're always glad to have around. He came to Navy after a few years of war-
time sea duty with the Navy . . . calm ... a trifle slow moving and to balance
this a determination that has mastered things as they came up . . . Jimmy has a
certain amount of inherent importance about himself in spite of his quiet
nature ... an individual who gets along in this world very nicely.

HEMPSTEAD
LONG ISLAND

UTICA
NEW YORK

STANTON BERRY GARNER

Stan . . . Uncle Stan . . . Stosh ... or just plain Garner is approximately six
feet tall plus . . . weighs in at 100 pounds plus and is wanted in sixteen coim-
ties in upper state New York by assorted members of the sex ... a New
Yorker . . . born and bred . . . tried and acquitted . . . hails from Corning . . .
the home of the beer mug you love to touch . . . and more recently from Utica
. . . apparently famous only for Stan Garner. Has devoted a large portion of
his stretch at Tech to the advancement of culture ... in the military organization
. . . particularly in the fields of literary and musical appreciation . . . through
the media of the Log and the NA-10 ... an associate editor of the Log and
leader of the 10 . . . has contributed much to the common weal (according to
friends ) . Being a wheel has its compensatory drawbacks . . . however . . . and
the Damoclean deadline, rehearsals, administrative routine all take their meas-
ure according to the law of diminishing returns ... to the barber shop. No
stranger to the military life and modes . . . coming from a family background
of militarism and having served in the citizen army in the recent war ... he
headed for West Point . . . but obviously nothing came of it. Voted by his
roommates as the man most likely to grub cigarettes . . . Stan Gamer is a man
to watch in the future . . . closely.

RALPH TALBOT GOODWIN, JR.

Ralph's passion for reading the Njcw Yorker left no doubt in the minds of his
friends that here was a true son of the Empire State ... his home town . . .
Scarsdale . . . the home of the typical New Yorker . . . that's what the people
of Scarsdale say ... his love for the big city and bright lights is understandable.
He possesses the ability to read his assignments in a remarkably short time . . .
likes to take a light strain on academics . . . not a slash . . . has been known to
induce others to take happy hours before P-works and at other inopportune
times. His greatest skill lies in shooting the breeze ... is well versed on all
subjects and is blessed with a large vocabulary which he uses to dumbfound
his semi-illiterate classmates. Always possessing a well-stocked locker of
chow ... he became the friend of all the boys in his company. His love for
eating was especially apparent in the messhall . . . anyone sitting at his table
was in danger of starvation unless some kind of a deal was made with this
gourmet. When he forgets his proper bringing up and lets himself go, he can
top most any of his friends at having a good time.

SCARSDALE
NEW YORK

220

FREDERICK HENRV GRALOW

He was studying to be an electronics technician ... in the Fleet before he
came to us. When he arrived he was immediately possessed with a desire to
play football ... he had no previous experience, and went to work on the batt
squad. From there he was advanced to the J V outfit . . . determination ... his
next step was varsity football ... he made it . . . but a series of unfortunate
mishaps intervened . . . these permitted only a sporadic playing of varsity ball
from then on. His number one love . . . not football ... is dragging ... he is
one of an appalling few that can drag with a fresh zest ... he extracts more fun
from one week end of dragging than most get on an entire Christmas leave.
When dragging is impossible and football out of the question he draws . . .
cartoons and women . . . mostly women. Academics are squeezed in between
breakfast and first period formation ... a belligerent arguer . . . two and two
equals five . . . black is white . . . anything ... it might be added that he
usually proves his point . . . although we're not quite sure whom he convinces.
He wants to get his fingers back into the electronics pie . . . this is part of his
master post-graduate plan which also includes aviation, electronics II, elec-
tronics III and aviation.

BRONX
NEW YORK

DOUGLAS BLAXLAND HATMAKER

A pipe collection, indicative of his personality ... a love for music . . . accom-
panied by a scientific appreciation . . . earnestness to a hyper degree . . .
methodical in every action. Every move is planned and weighed . . . every
comment is judiciously spoken and chosen . . . cleaning a pipe necessitates a
series of subsidiary actions ... the desk must be carefully and scrupulously
cleared of all extraneous matter, by neat and logical processes ... so all things
are at his immediate command ... the pipe is studied and then cleaned.
Ability for producing finished plans of any known piece of machinery with a
rapid . . . but always deliberate . . . flourish of the chalk . . . pencil ... or hand.
There is no such thing as an argument ... it is a formal debate, with each party
involved receiving a fair share of the expressing time . . . there is no such thing
as intuition ... it is the result of a solution arrived at by meticulous planning
... all scrap paper is folded and placed in the proper receptical. Precise . . .
resolute . . . quiet . . . sober ... an excellent pistol shot . . . yet the possessor of
a hearty laugh . . . when the Hat laughs all is well . . . and it is frequent enough
to be encouraging.

SCHENECTADY
NEW YORK

DUDLEY HOLSTEIN

The vociferous lad in the front row of any athletic contest for the four long
years we spent at Navy ... the Brooklyn accent minus the pop bottle ... the
ardent supporter of the home team . . . that's the Dud. Dud in name only, when
not exercising his home town prerogative from the stands he was sure to be
found dragging ... or helping some one else to drag ... he could always be
counted on to entertain the girl friend for a round or two at any hop. An elec-
trician's mate in pre-Academy days ... he was one of the most sought after
partners in the Juice lab. Otherwise academics came through perseverance . . .
the kind that put him above the sacred 2.5 twice during plebe year after going
into the exams unsat. With the Executive Department he made out with a
bang . . . they were always looking him up for one reason or another. When
soccer, touch football or gym did not drag him away ... his spare minutes were
consumed working out a skillful finesse in a bridge game with his buddies . . .
or pasting pictures of yawl trips and dragging week ends in his memory book.
Dudley is one of those people who knows how to enjoy a week end and

lives to enjoy them. Hamburgers at Antoinettes ... a hard-fought sports con-
test ... a sailing trip ... a lovely drag . . . anyone of them constituted a
complete week end for him.

BROOKLYN
NEW YORK

221

ROBERT DINSMORE HUNTINGTON, JR.

The Huntington clan's fourth generation to graduate from Navy Tech, Bob came
to Armapolis direct from the Coast Guard after having attended St. Paul's
School in Concord, N.H., and Ashville School. A cosmopolitan socialite from
Mill Neck, Long Island; Newport, Rhode Island; and Palm Beach, Florida.
Bob has been pretty near everywhere there is to go in the Eastern United States.
A varsity soccer man and batt swimmer; termis . . . squash . . . and golf en-
thusiast in his off moments. Robert seems more inclined toward the more
gentle indoor sports such as billiards and dancing. On week ends when not
engaged in the latter, Bob spends his time adding hours to his private pilot's
license ... or snapping pictures for the Trident magazine and calendar . . . the
Log and the Lucky Bag. Although not too interested in the run-of-the-mill
'Academy' textbooks ... he is nonetheless well read and well informed on a
wide range of subjects . . . always ready for a good party . . . congenial . . .
generous . . . witty ... a past-master at the art of polite invective. Bob will
always be high on our list of friends in and out of the service.

MILL NECK
LONG ISLAND

BUFFALO
NEW YORK

CHARLES JOSEPH KELLY

Kelly . . . the kid from Canisius . . . son of a Buffalo Irishman ... a big fellow
with close, curley blond hair ... a typical Irishman ... a good guy to know
. . . and a good guy to have around ... no matter what you are doing. He came
to Annapolis from the queen city of the lakes after obtaining a degree at
Canisius College . . . Buffalo, New York. A better than average golfer ... a
tennis opponent of Bobby Riggs ... an ardent follower of the stock market
. . . whew . . . this couli go on forever . . . and a former Hollywood movie star . . .
of the Carmen Miranda days. C. J.'s talents and interests are well diversified
... his favorite method of absorbing academics is ictwcen mp ... a habit
which he finds far from unsuccessful, but often confusing ... he wakes up not
wondering where it's coming from . . . but what his next meal will be. With all
that, Charles is not lazy ... he is not lacking in ambition ... a fact that, aided
by his savoir faire and amazing ability to surroimd himself with outstanding
personalities, should stand him in good stead. A man-about-town . . . the man
to see about what to eat and where to get it . . . always ready for a party . . .
any party . . . anywhere . . . any time. The combination of his smooth golf . . .
his smooth line . . . and his imruffled appearance . . . should make him a social
success in any circle.

WILLIAM JEROME LAUBENDORFER

The New Yorker ... in the flesh. What makes him tick is a study m habits . . .
a cigarette ... a scotch and soda ... an accordion ... a baseball glove . . . they
all add up to Bill. You have to know him to see how they fit together . . . but
they do. Already there appears t^vo glaring omissions ... fill them with the
Brooklyn Dodgers and Rockefeller Center and the summary is complete. A day
with Bill is a killer to everyone but Bill. It starts early and ends late . . . but
Bill takes it without even a sign of a strain. Watch it now . . . here we go.
Crawl out of the sack . . . grope for the radio . . . shave . . . crawl into some
clothes . . . now the paper . . . Steve Canyon, Terry and the Pirates . . . that's
enough . . . stagger to chow . . . consumes anything but thiri-wing-green omelet
hash and scrambled eggs. Back in the hole to review the day's work . . . pause
. . . think of next week end. Stroll to class, N.Y.U. fashion . . . diimer . . .
pause . . . think of next week end. Back to the hole to read the mail . . . prac-
tice accordion ... or get the baseball glove ... or hit the sack. Still, life to
Bill is on subway, elevator and G.A. . . . that is, in New York.

NEW YORK
NEW YORK

222

JOHN RODMOND McMAHON

The Babe from the Bronx . . . one of the more superb bridge players turned out
by Navy Tech ... the kind of guy who could play three no trump blindfolded
... in his right mind . . . Outwardly heedless of the academic axe suspended
by a thread . . . there was always that gravy when exam time rolled around
. . . never starred . . . excelled in that inexact science of outwitting the Execu-
tive Department . . . rarely called upon the mat . . . appearing to be a paragon
of virtue to the gold braid . . . could turn out foolproof statements . . . wound
up the end of the year with a small percentage of the demos that were theo-
retically owed to the record . . . hot and cold alternately with the women . . .
leaves started with ravings of the charms and beauty of not a few of his pro-
spective drags . . . ended with mumblings of vague declarations about women
. . . the scourge of mankind, etc. . . . non-dragging week ends were a terrific
pace . . . Mac was forced to drag again . . . the cycle began . . . never ended
. . . Mac . . . the antithesis of the blues . . . happy-go-lucky . . . carefree . .
seriousness with sound judgment when appropriate ... a feast . . . frolic
... or a fight . . . the Fleet will not be disappointed.

NEW YORK
NEW YORK

MURRAY MENKES

An aspirant to the naval service since his days in knee pants . . . entered the
Academy just three weeks after graduation from Brooklyn Academy Prep
School . . . educational background not too well suited for the Naval Academy
but . . . well . . . whose is? An inability to pass by Albright's without pur-
chasing a couple of records regardless of the flatness of his wallet . . . usually
lacking the necessary cash for a week end as result . . . always managed to secure
the money in time . . . dragging week ends blemished his fine conduct record
... his habitual inability to say good night quickly ... a walking advertise-
ment for draggle top . . . despised combining his hair as comb invariable got
tangled in his crop of curls ... his feet perpetually propped up on his desk
while studying, Murray, besides exhibiting the style and technique of an
executive, showed deep consideration for his roommate . . . always wearing
socks and slippers while in the above position. A love for football founded
during his high school days, carried him through as manager of Navy's 150 lb.
football team . . . followed all sports activities like a bloodhound ... an
engaging smile . . . loquacity sparkled with spirited wit . . . typical humor of a
Brooklynite . . . hopes to have his laughter echo from the corming tower of
a sub.

BROOKLYN
NEW YORK

CHARLES MERTZ, III

This kid started early . . . made the jump from Brooklyn to Poughkeepsie before
he got his first pair of long pants. Taken up with women who seem to be profit-
ing by the fact . . . redheads . . . blondes . . . anything as long as they aren't
bald . . . that in itself is pretty serious . . . you're right he's a pretty serious
fellow . . . levelheaded . . . next to women, give him some good chow . . .
pretty practical fellow, huh? . . . but these things don't prevent him from being
an avid hunting and fishing fan . . . just to make a more confusing situation he likes
music . . . and in his odd moments he lobbies for the 22nd, polygamy, amend-
ment . . . Charlie can fit in just about anywhere ... he got an early start and
learned the poultry art on his Dad's chicken farm and then went to nearby
Vassar to apply his newly acquired education . . . since then it has been a battle
to see which pullet could start him thinking about that cute little nest in the
country . . . but Charlie is still very much the roving type ... he has his eyes
on big things in the Fleet . . . nothing less than both wings and dolphins . . .
if they are anything like women you'll get 'em.

NEW PALTZ
NEW YORK

223

DONALD ROBERT MORRIS

Don was rarely on speaking terms with any of the Academic Departments
. except Bull. Youngster summer a horrified Math prof discovered that he
still didn't know exactly what a cosine was, but the 2.50 he salvaged from
that course was as close to the line as he ever went. In Bull it was a totally
different story, Don spent most of his spare time reading, and floated through
all they had to offer. Fawst? Aher ick hahe es schon auf Dcutsch gclesen! Wurie iass
mrlcliclic slashing sein^ He worked for the Triient all four years, practically
writing one or two issues singlehanded. First class year he was managing
editor. Everyone insisted he was tone deaf, but he continued to warble
Waltzing Matilda during showers until all hands were convinced that he had
the worst voice in Bancroft Hall. Don achieved something of a record by man-
aging to get to Labrador, Greenland, Iceland, Scotland, England, and France
during second class leave. He returned to Navy with a "Short Snorter" bill,
and the firm conviction that three hours in Pigalle did more for French than two
years work with the Dago Department. A Red Mike of the first water, he
broke down about twice a year, to drag.

NEW YORK
NEW YORK

SEA CLIFF
NEW YORK

CHARLES EDGAR RANSOM, JR.

Chuck was the little guy bouncing along to class on the excused squad . . .
with the blond frizz of hair cropped to a crew-cut. The day sick-in-room was
discontinued was the darkest day in Chollies Academy life ... for he was an
expert on the administrative details of the Medical Department and could
buffalo his way out of any rough period . . . many a medical officer-of-the-day
succumbed to his line of ailments. Prior to his preping days at Branden's and
to his entrance into the Naval Academy, he used to work for an electrical
company . . . and walk small dogs in the park . . . how that ties together we
know not . . . all of this, in the City of Sea Cliff, New York ... the old home
town. After such broadening experiences in life . . . Chuck was ready for
Navy . . . where he spent his time winning varsity letters through participation
on the gym team. More in line with his attitude toward life is his love for poetry
and good music. His hobby is collecting guns and knives ... he truely enjoyed
displaying to his goggle-eyed admirers his glittering array of sanguinary
weapons. A good mixer ... a party man . . . any party so long as it's well
stocked . . . with people who want to have a good time. He feels that he must
see the other Navy ... the one beyond the Severn . . . before he is sure he is a
died-in-the-wool Navy man ... of course . . . that might take thirty years to see.

HIGHLAND FALLS
NEW YORK

RICHARD UNDERHILL SCOTT

Rich, oddly enough, hails from that spot on this globe of ours that boasts a
school that claims to rival the Naval Academy ... the Military Academy, I
think they call it, where his father used to run the cadet store ... he has, how-
ever, in his four years at Navy overcome this serious obstacle and has even
reached the point where he is recognized as a somewhat legendary figure on this
dear old campus of ours . . . but seriously . . . Dick is recognized as one of the
finest if not the finest man in his class . . . captain of Navy's football team . . .
consistently president of his class . . . being elected unanimously for the last
three years . . . liked and respected by all from the lowest plebe to the officers
of the Executive Department . . . Useful, has proved a constant help to men of
all classes ... a tremendous force in the promoting of morale in the brigade . . .
a power in the uniting of his class ... a superb athlete ... a superlative leader
. . . and a great guy . . . always a friendly greeting for everyone he meets ... a
wonderful memory for names and the likes and dislikes of others ... he im-
mediately puts you at ease . . . quiet . . . reserved . . . with a wonderful sense
of humor . . . great common sense . . . and a wonderful friend ... he has left his
mark on the Naval Academy and it is one that will not soon be forgotten.

224

EDWIN JOSEPH SUTTER

Pop Sutter is a New York cop . . . not a flat foot, one of the more important
cogs in the Knickerbocker wheels of law and order . . . and proud of the ex-
amples he sets for the city cliif dwellers. Understandably he moved young,
prankish Ed to the wilds of Long Island in the early stages of his career. There
he grew and with him grew the Sutter philosophy ... the perfect picture of the
easy way to enjoy life . . . can you imagine a Kentucky colonel with a double
scotch at the Copa bar? . . . it's true. New York is the only place on earth . . .
and the only time to be there, awake, is after dark. His athletic prowess begins
and ends in his nickname. Fireball ... an admission by all who know him that
when the spirit moves him, Ed can pitch a mean ball. Strictly a-lovc mc or leave
m(, I couldn't care less . . . casanova type of individual except when the chips are
down . . . when a serious thought does enter his head the results are bound to
be gratifying. Ed is known by his classmates and friends as a conscientious
person . . . one capable of great things ... so long as they happen in New York.

QUEENS VILLAGE
NEW YORK

ROBERT GIBSON TOBIN, JR.

Bob Tobin . . . contrary to his vigorous assertions of being the laziest man
ever to enter the Naval Academy ... is actually one of the most energetic to
ever wield a slide rule. His afternoons . . . taken up with 150 pound football
in the fall . . . wrestling in the winter . . . and lacrosse in the spring . . . found
him at the height of activity. Bob had little time for anything else but sleep
. . . and during evening study hour he could usually be found in supine condi-
tion or in varying states of incoherence. Next to sleeping . . . Bob loves most
to go on liberty. Here he is in his prime. The stories he brings back from these
revels are only exceeded by the sigh of relief of the O.D when he arrives back
at the Academy. His continual good humor ... his unusually friendly atti-
tude . . . and his love of all types of wine . . . women . . . and song make him a
charming companion. Due to a certain ectat he has achieved in the eyes of the
Executive Department he has become a charter member . . . along with many
of his company mates ... of the E.D. club. A thoroughly swell guy ... his
honesty . . . humor . . . and all-around good fellowship will keep him long in
our thoughts.

PORT WASHINGTON
NEW YORK

JAMES KEATING WELSH, JR.

Jim has but one thought in mind ... to serve his hitch and get back to the farm
. . . never is he happier than when sitting behind his Oliver "70" with a plow
tacked on behind. Every leave he has spent milking a herd of cows at five a.m.
dally! . . . following the whole routine of farm life. Few classmates know that
J. K. used to play semi-pro hockey at the age of fifteen . . . two broken ankles
some time later caused steady employment at handball, crew and pushball.
While not a Red Mike, Jim watches his step with the conniving females . . .
has made up his mind to stay single until the ripe age of 24 . . . however, if a
curvacious lass with the right perfume corners him ... he will prove that he is
human after all. Coming to the Academy with his military school background.
It was only natural that he be a rigid, regulation plebe . . . but after a touch of
youngster year, he soon joined the boys, and though not exactly nonreg, his
salt can fool many people. So if you want to look Jim up just ask any citizen
of Chester, N.Y., where Farmer Welsh lives and you shall soon locate him.

CHESTER
NEW YORK

225

PAUL FRANCIS ABEL

A fello^v with a snappy comeback . . . and the countenance and demeanor to go
with it . . . never at a loss for words . . . that's Paul. If you're ever feeling down
and out, his infectious grin and I couldn't care less attitude . . . will do your
despondency no end of good. His four great passions are, in order of rank: The
girl friend ... a letter every day, his love for the New York stations . . . none
other can compare, batt squash . . . he's just an expert, and the fact that he once
met Jimmy Durante . . . that accounts for his happy attitude. Hailing from the
New Jersey Mosquito Flats . . . which overlook busy New York harbor . . .
influenced his decision to follow the sea. Besides, he comes from a long line of
sailors . . . My great grandfather was cahin hoy on t\ie ship that took 'H.a^oleon to St.
Helena. In spite of the fact that he saw a couple of classmates swabbing down
the decks in a torrent of rain on yoimgster cruise ... a fact that shook his rock-
like faith ... he still claims he is glad he threw in his lot with the USN. He
spurs himself to greater heights with roughly two hours of sack time every
afternoon . . . listening to semi-classics on his record player . . . week-end drag-
ging . . . which really isn't a bad way to be inspired.

BAYONNE
NEW JERSEY

WILLIAM RUSSELL AYERS

The practical joker . . . There has to be one in every group . . . Willie is a super
at the job . . . grapenuts in your sack? . . . better check with Willie . . . Steam
kits mysteriously become unlatched and empty their contents all over the
terrace just before the Nav P-work ... all eyes turn to Willie . . . wouldn't
this be a dull place without men like Willie? . . . but his practical joking is
only one of Willie's many talents . . . what can you do with these people who
compose poetry for their letters to the femmes? . . . Willie says it works
wonders . . . we can't dispute that . . . they actually follow him around . . . The
Willie Ayers Fan Club is the coming thing in the neighboring cities . . . but
all this attention still doesn't change Willie's cynical attitude toward Ameri-
can womanhood . . . Willie's genius at spur of the moment lyrics for any
popular tune keeps him ever in the forefront . . . the Leg and Trident give evi-
dence of his talents in ink sketches . . . this fellow does just about everything
. . . coming to Navy was the answer to Willie's life long dream . . . it's
rumored that he had a six-foot Academy seal inlaid in his bedroom floor at
home ... a tour in V-5 got him used to the uniform before we got him ... a
flare for aviation and definite ability have put wings on his list of musts.

TEANECK
NEW JERSEY

BLOOMFIELD
NEW JERSEY

GEORGE TOMLINSON BAL2ER

The name is strictly Prussian . . . very much like his n^me, his interests . . .
chiefly military. In his youth . . . showed a keen interest in guns . . . marveled
at military might . . . guns and the military have been in his life ever since.
Foimd time to develop his personality in a broad plain . . . attended Seton Hall
Prep ... he pursued the classics . . .Greek . . . Latin . . . the sciences. His
mind is essentially mechanical ... in his glory tinkering with some gadget
. . . lighters seem to be his specialty. After school . . . felt the military urge
. . . joined the Marine Corps. There he foimd his niche in ordnance. His
field narrowed from general ordnance to small arms and aviation arms. Was
in his glory as an instructor in small arms ... at Quantico. His qualities of
leadership were recognized ... he was appointed to the USNA. He doesn't
participate in varsity sports ... is up among the top in Brigade non-varsity
sports . . . handball . . . squash . . . etc. One of those rare things ... a serious-
minded person with a sense of humor. After he graduates he will return to his
first love . . . the Marine Corps. George will make a success of his military
career. He has all his eggs in that one basket so it's all or nothing . . . well, not
quite nothing.

226

I
i

LEVON BERBERIAN, JR.

Physical Culture . . . tlwt's tlic stitjf /or mc, says Lee as the muscle developer
stretches beyond the elastic limit . . . and the bags in the gym also take a
terrific beating as he works his way towards an Atlas build ... all afternoon at
the punching bag . . . slugging with a rcpititious monody . . . one two . . . one
two three . . . one two . . . the shuffle . . . the meandering gait . . . the bear
walk . . . loves to sail . . . when he has a drag along . . . that gives him an
excuse to leave the lines alone and not make mistakes. When the eyebrows
go up . . . look out ... a bum dope story is on the way ... he originated,
developed and sold that sensational one about the trip to Florida for aviation
youngster spring ... we think he gets his dope via short wave vibrations.
After a few quick rounds he was the 8th company boxing champ plebe year.
A plunger ... to the bottom non-stop is his favorite method of cooling off. The
bluebeard . . . shaves eight times a day . . . gets terrific cigarettes: Phantoms,
Atoms, Leightons, Purple Tigers . . . people have smoked them and lived . . .
but they quit smoking. What the hell . . . he's a good guy ... he loves his
mother . . . he's kind to little children and stray dogs . . . I'm asking you . . .
what else?

UNION CITY
NEW JERSEY

ALBERT EDWARD CONORD

A versatile lad with a sense of humor . . . likes a joke, and most of the time it's
on you. His love of music doesn't stop with listening to it ... he likes to sing
it . . . and arrange it. Has a love for the pigskin . . . loves to toss it around with
the one hundred and fifty pounders. Has a love for houses . . . loves to dream
up plans . . . and put them down on paper . . . hopes to live in one some day . . .
in Jersey. Everything he does he does well . . . and he does everything. He
even takes a strain on academics ... a full-time job in itself. Energetic . . . but
not flighty . . . never appears to be in a hurry . . . always takes plenty of time
... so he'll be sure not to miss a chance for a good crack ... or a practical joke.
This is the fellow who would greet you in the corridor . . . with a smile . . .
and a quick comeback for anything you had to say . . . even early in the morning.
If you are in the mood for a good story . . . find Al . . . he's got a million . . .
all good. If you are in the mood for some stimulating shoptalk . . . find Al . . .
he knows the answers. A professional sailor from the word go ... an organizer
and a planner ... a fellow with ideas of how to improve anything ... no mat-
ter how near perfect it is ... a little guy . . . with a lot of go . . . and go he
will ... all the way up.

BLOOMFIELD
NEW JERSEY

RICHARD NELVILLE HALL, II

A product of gay Paree, Dick reverted the proclamation La/ayctte, wc arc \\crc
when the future Marine landed at ye ole USNA. Richard bears light reddish
hair on the crest of his tall stature, and upholds the ever-acknowledged attri-
butes of this characteristic with his bottomless source of energy. Lieutenant
Hall found expression for this inherent rigor at Navy with membership on the
track and cross-country teams. Capturing N awards in both of these sports
filled the major part of his afternoon activities. A natural shark at billiards or
ping-pong, Dick prevailed as a top challenger for any classmate seeking rec-
reational diversion in Smoke Hall. Doesn't smoke, doesn't drink . . . unless
you've got one to offer! An alumnus of Exeter and Princeton, Streak-of-Light
gained early much of the learning of the scholars and together with his personal
stick-to-itiveness rarely knew a falter with academic encounters. Popularity
among his associations with the fairer sex exemplified itself when a dragging
week end came into view . . . something seldom missed by the man who would
run two miles for an early morning eye opener. A tact that wins the praise of
those associated with him and a poise that makes him master of situations bestow
on Rich a prowess which is destined to award him dividends in Uncle Sam's
Marines.

MORRiSTOWN
NEW JERSEY

227

ANDREW McINTYRE

Take 'er down . . . Gilmore Hall . . . New London . . . forward torpedo tubes
. . . after battery . . . crash dive . . . are all familiar terms to Mac. This Navy
Junior who has spent time in the Philippines . . . Hawaii . . . East and West
coasts still can't forget subs ... he has taken leave time for sub-training. His
philosophy of life ... to absorb all the hard knocks . . . never heard him com-
plain plebe year . . . taking whatever comes along is the best teacher. His
shrewd, manly, quick witted humor has kept us entertained many stormy
nights ... he plays the game of life taking an eye for an eye and a tooth for a
tooth to the dismay of whomever he battles against. As one of the more con-
scientious men we were associated with, Mac kept us straight in our loyalty
by some well-selected stories of the better life in the Navy. Coming back from
classes you could always know Mac by his chant I bilged, I hilgei . . . He had
merely lost another round with the Academic Department. In fact, we carried
him back from class almost as many times as we carried him off the athletic
field. Even though he had a game leg he still wanted to play the roughest
sports.

RIDGEWOOD
NEW JERSEY

POINT PLEASANT

BEACH

NEW JERSEY

EDWARD WILLIAM MEYERS

It is actually an impossibility to think of Big Ed Meyers without thinking . . .
in the same picture ... of photographs . . . Meyers crawling over cannons,
planes, buildings, and scaffolds to get a picture . . . spending hours in the
pale light of the darkroom giving his pictures a breath of the Meyers' ex-
cellence . . . attending every activity . . . lugging a camera and a suitcase full
of supplies . . . flashbulbs, shades, filters, tripods, floodlights, and all the
impedimenta of photography ... a Stieglitz at Navy ... a photographer before
entry . . . Meyers, E. W., photographer's mate ... for three years. Three
years which made him a Navy man . . . he'll stay for the full thirty ... his feeling
here goes beyond Blue and Gold . . . it's almost incomprehensible. He has
adopted the practice of devoting his off hours to academics . . . the main body
of his time being spent in the darkroom or roaming around making pictures
. . . getting up at midnight and working in the photo-lab until reveille . . .
sleeping in class . . . wake Mp, Mr. Meyers. A continual smile ... of a man who
enjoys his work ... an ardent arguer . . . with some of the most colorful in-
sults one can hear ... a completely unified character . . . with a manner to
match. Within the covers of this book you find a monument to the Meyers'
excellence ... a photographic memento of four years at Navy.

THOMAS HENRY NUGENT, JR.

Constant worries . . . peaceful college ... a rattling train . . . and the realiza-
tion of a long period of time ... a player of records ... a studier of academics
... a possessor of a smile ... a studier of academics. A seriousness of mind . . .
a seriousness of activity . . . amiable . . . friendly. The unfortunate victim of
having a name the people refuse to pronounce correctly . . . the most common
Nugg-ent (actually it rhymes with Newjent). This induces that smile ... so
familiar to associates . . . happy throughout a conversation . . . rarely initiates
one ... a listener. Likes swimming on the squad (sub) . . . horseback . . .
skiing. Normality is the keynote . . . says he has never accomplished any thing
spectacular . . . just a normal guy going along . . . like a lot of people ... he
has failed to realize that the admission in itself is an expression of individuality.
Attended St. Peter's college where he met with more success than his espoused
normality would indicate . . . just going along with his eye on the objective
. . . taking all things as they arrive ... no remarks ... no explosions ... no
frustrations . . . just making his way. Vanishing to the farm . . . ambling through
the woods plinking at the local fauna . . . relaxation.

JERSEY CITY
NEW JERSEY

228

RICHARD STRUYK

Buck . . . the singing cowboy of Bancroft Hall . . . came to the Naval Academy
from the west . . . West Paterson, New Jersey, that is. His songs accompanied
by his ever-present guitar . . . pronounced geetar . . . helped to liven up those
long, cold, winter evenings when the gang gathered in Buck's B-hole Bunkhousc
to hear the Rattling Cannonball and those never failing commercials for Pe-runa
. . . the magic cure'all for all aches and pains. Not restricted to musical pro-
ficiency alone, Buck displayed much ability m other arts. His skill in drawing
can be seen in the art ot this Lucky Bag as well as previous ones, other Academy
publications, and in the back of numerous mate logs. This capability made
Engineering Drawing a snap for him . . . bilging plebes knew his room number
and help was freely and willingly given. He has a taste for all kinds of music
from symphony to swing but a passion for Montana Slim's records ... a flair
for brunettes ... I should say a brunette ... an uncanny ability to arrive at
formations never more than five seconds early ... a love for his '33 Chewy
. . . faculty for writing long letters and making long telephone calls . . . usually
collect ... a capacity for making friends ... a deep philosophy of life . . . and
many of the virtues and few of the vices of man.

PATERSON
NEW JERSEY

FRANCIS JOHN SUTTILL, JR.

Away, away with book and rules . . . here comes F. J. Suttool was the familiar
chant whenever F. J. was academically on the loose . . . from high above
Cayuga's ■waters this lad soon became famous for his scholastic prowess ... for
he firmly held while at the Academy that first and foremost one must have a
virtual passion to learn ... his specialty was Juice . . . the subject groimdwork
necessary for him to realize his ambition to one day become an electronics
expert in the Fleet. This veteran in the Battle of the Books aided many a
floundering classmate in their struggle with engineering . . . both electrical
and marine . . . enabling them to cope with Tecumseh . . . the sometimes over-
bearing god of 2.5. Active and willing . . . the Jersey beaver vented his addi-
tional energies in sports . . . and as the business manager of the Trident magazine.
There was one field only in which Slipstick Sutt was not totally eager ... in
the field of dragging he was particularly cautious . . . though a Cornell man
. . . steeped in his Alma Mater's tradition of comely coeds . . . F. J. was a
watchful-waiting Red Mike whose sole and favorite drag was his my own
Sis. Those who knew him at the Academy feel . . . that ashore or afloat . . .
this spark plug will steam confidently ahead at flank speed.

COLLINGSWOOD
NEW JERSEY

KARL REVERE THIELE

Loss by the Towaco, N.J., Volunteer Fire Department of the youngest of its
first string smoke-eaters was Navy's gain. Karl is a born blue-water man, hails
from New England seafaring and journalistic stock and comes naturally by his
yen for submarines. His many friends knew him to be a good man to have
along ... a kind of fellow who took things in stride and yet had an eye for
the lighter things in life . . . like watching the sun copper-tint a drag's hair.
Obstacles never stopped him . . .. always willing to do a friend a favor. He
seemed to possess two separate personalities . . . one carefree and debonair,
the other conscientious and serious . . . composing an interesting fellow. A
yachting grandfather taught him the niceties of eggshell landings. His drags
were numerous as he believed in variety. His leaves were traditionally Navy,
symbolized by an empty sack and exuberant enthusiasm for New York City
and the Jersey countryside. Guns, sailing and swimming were his hobbies
with batt football as a main avocation. Neither an Adonis nor esthete, he had
the appreciation of a poet for good music and literature, the practicality of an
industrialist in the day's work, and a stem faith in the system of rates. The
guy's got Navy-blue in his backbone and is proud of it.

TOWACO
NEW JERSEY

229

WILLIAM ABROMITIS, JR.

An individual . . . never classified as small ... or petite . . . this tenth of a ton
of bulging muscle barged in on Navy Tech. Attended Pitt and Penn State . . .
V-5 . . . played football for both ... the same season. Bill will challenge . . .
and defeat ... all comers in his pet pastime . . . hand wrestling . . . still takes
second place to his father. Never worried about academics ... is the proud
possessor of the boon to students ... a photographic mind . . . scans the pages
. . . closes the book . . . recites verbatim. Moves about a dance floor with the
ease of a nymph despite his size ... a familiar sight . . . Abbro grinning . . .
whirling through a wild jitterbug number. Constantly beefing about the in-
efficiency of Navy barbers . . . their inability to do justice to a real head of
hair . . . derives little consolation from our insistance that his receding hair
line is just exposing more of his handsome countenance. Serious at times
. . . capable of deep thought and its written expression . . . jovial . . . keen-
witted. His ancestry must contain a portion of Eskimo . . . fresh air fiend to a
fault . . . insists on wide open window^s all year round . . . plumbers w^ish
him well because of the two complete sets of pipes which had to be replaced
after they burst ... a guy gotta hnath . . . don't kc?

TAMAQUA
PENNSYLVANIA

RICHARD THOMAS FRANCIS AMBROGI

Would you like to meet Dick Ambrogi, the real Saturday Evening Post Dick?
Well, first of all he came from Upper Darby High where he did everything
except sub for the janitor. He starred in football, track, basketball and various
and simdry other forms of savage amusement. Socially, he'll always make out
inasmuch as he's a one-man, three ring circus even though it takes him four
months to tell a terrifically lousy joke. Oh, by the way, one of his most re-
splendent characteristics is a very dogged determination to do what he tries,
and do it well. You know what I mean . . . don't give up that Math prob,
Dick . . . that's what he was know'd as m them thar days. I suppose that this
quality would make him a good Naval officer. To touch on the more serious
side of Dick's life is no trivial matter inasmuch as from outward appearances
he gives you the impression that there isn't anything that has ever perturbed
him. Seriously though, there has never been a time when a ready hand of
assistance was not forthcoming from the Brog. Whenever any of the boys had
their chips down, there will always be a little corner of our hearts set aside
with a meaningful inscription . . . Dick Ambrogi.

UPPER DARBY
PENNSYLVANIA

DAVID ALLAN BEADLING

Happy Dave . . . laughing Dave . . . Dave of the glorious tenor . . . never one
to let a person go by without some cheery word of greeting ... his room the
habitual meeting place for after-chow bull sessions ... his sack the logical
site for a study-hour tussle . . . never complaining . . . merely . . . Oop another
number iornn tke drain . . . almost always to be found sporting some out-
landish headdress in a vain attempt to curb the eccentricity of his unruly locks
. . . which closely resemble the bristles of a wire brush . . . amazing ability to
match the name and the face . . . and to come forth with a humorous handle
that almost invariably stuck . . . athletics . . . ivho, mc^ . . . vk-vk . . . nevertheless
roused himself on occasion to do battle on the football field or in the wrestling
loft . . . unbelievably lazy at times . . . I'm worVxng on it . . . \iavi it \iy tomorrow
. . . don't worry about a thing . . . sparkling personality . . . slow to take offense
. . . quick to forgive . . . the man to whom everyone told their troubles . . .
loyal . . . honest . . . and sincere. The Beadle is probably the only guy on
cruise who can spend three days in a director without the control officer
knowing he was there . . . quiet . . . that's the word for him . . . when he
wants to be . . . otherwise . . . lookout.

PROSPECT PARK
PENNSYLVANIA

230

DOUGLAS GRAYSON BUCHANAN

Smokes stinky cigarettes . . . tall . . . good natured . . . this coal miner's vices
stop with cigarettes . . . abhors demon rum . . . polkas are his passion . . . and
when he starts waving his stomping eleven and half around he is actually a
hazard to navigation ... as extreme in his reserved manner with crowds as
he is free and easy when among friends . . . loves a good practical joke ... in-
dustrious . . . efficient . . . neat and shipshape . . . smart and seamanlike ... a
shy little smile that is half embarrassing and half impish . . . pretty easygoing
but a cyclone if he ever gets started ... his long lean frame is easily spotted
from a distance ... he leans over against an imaginary wind as he fights forward
at an unstable gait . . . Buck is the kid next door with enough trifling peculi-
arities to make him human ... set in his habits . . . conventional views and
opinions . . . conscientious ... it is obvious that Buck is not the person you
turn around to look at on the street . . . he's more the friend you turn to when
you need a hand ... or the fellow you get to do a job when you want some-
something done right . . . the plugger . . . the dependable . . . the stalwart
that forms the foundation of any undertaking ... the quiet person who docs
things and doesn't say too much about them . . . how he ever got mixed up
with polkas is one to think over . . . but there he is . . . all feet and motion
... as long as the band plays.

LATROBE
PENNSYLVANIA

ROBERT GEORGE BUECHLER

A tall man with a sharp nose ... a pointed chin ... a quiet manner ... a
smooth disposition . . . and a lot of friends. Glassport ... the home he
originally forsook for the Marine Corps . . . the outfit he left for the Navy . . .
the service in which he intends to stick. Truly a savoiric addition to tFe latter.
Capable of deft manipulations with the sage slipstick . . . not a slash ... a
natural . . . enjoys a few rounds with any Math or mechanic's manual any
time. Thoughts of an OAO back in Podunk sufficed m lieu of a rigorous
dragging schedule at the Academy . . . rather on weekends he was found keeping
a straight left arm out on the golf course ... the winter snows preventing year-
round participation the rest of his spare time was consumed engaging in sack
duty and vigilant dial doodling tuning in the Boston Symphony Orchestra. A
connoisseur of good music . . . good food . . . and a good time. Post Academy
plans are laid about the Navy ... he has acquired a fondness for it which was
lacking in his sojourn with the Marines . . . desires small ships and subs . . .
never averse to the tackling of a difficult job ... an asset to any branch . . . and
an asset to his four year tour of the Naval Academy ... a highly successful
four years for him.

GLASSPORT
PENNSYLVANIA

JOHN MEREDITH DAVIS

Settled down in Pennsylvania, after living in several states . . . attended high
school in Hanover, Pa. . . . played football, basketball and track . . . president
of high school class . . . specializes in pipe collecting, hunting, fishing, golf.
Has been making plans for his wedding for years . . . likes classical records and
any form of chow . . . traveled throughout the U.S., Canada, and Mexico.
Played batt football plebe year but concentrated on track . . . became an
N-star-man. Claims that he needs more sleep while here but always ready to
go on liberty . . . obtained name of Juan de San Juan in Puerto Rico. Never
had trouble with academics although he constantly moans how badly he
bilged . . . thinks that he should be a buzz boy . . . it's a toss up between the
Marine Corps and Naval Air Corps ... has a perfect right to say that everyone
looks up to (see) him. Achieved nation-wide publicity during operation Camid
. . . voted charter member of the Giraffe Club of '48-B. Always keeping class-
mates in good humor . . . Juan will find the way ... no matter which road he
desires to travel.

STEWARTSTOWN
PENNSYLVANIA

231

DANIEL THOMAS DEIBLER

Danny worked with the Army at their Pentagon long enough to learn that he
wanted to get as far away from them as possible . . . That naturally led to
Navy ... he still hasn't decided which is the lesser of the two evils. Danny
in his search for photographic subjects discovered women ... he thinks they
are rather a decent hobby in their own right. An honor student in high school,
he attributes it to the fact that his science teacher took a maternal interest :n
him . . . that rather cute science teacher didn't see the gleam in Danny's eye
or she would have been more concerned with self defense than with education.
Photography takes him on some quaint missions . . . we've got used to seeing
him hanging out of windows and climbing trees . . . but when he stands on his
head to get an ants eye view of Santee Basin we wonder if it isn't becoming
more of an obsession than a hobby. Music is his pitfall ... he does all right on
the listening end of the proposition . . . but when he tries to duplicate what he
has just heard something bad happens . . . how one person can make musical
hash out of such nice songs is still a mystery to his roommate . . . but that
doesn't keep him from trying . . . you just can't keep a happy heart down.

SUNBURY
PENNSYLVANIA

DEAN CANON DOUGLAS

From the Garden Spot of the World . . . Ridley Park, that is . . . and it's in
Pennsylvania . . . Doug was transported to Navy . . . this done via the Farragut
Academy ... of medium height . . . black hair . . . which is never mussed up
. . . are the characteristics which mark the character, Doug. Dry witted . . .
good one for tall stories . . . you never know when you are getting snowed
under . . . and tooie you might 05 well get used to it, you're going into the Flat
aren't you, is his answer to all gripes. His nature, amiable and carefree . . .
plebe academics gave him trouble but from then on things were rosey . . .
finding his dreams more pleasant than calculus, his bed much softer than the
chair. Dapper took all Vkfith an easy stride . . . athletics . . . experience gained
at Farragut with the rifle allowed him to coast to a position on the Navy
varsity squad for three years ... his firing was most creditable to say the least
. . . also a good lacrosse man . . . ask the opponents, they'll show you the welts.
For dragging ... it wasn't now and then for Doug . . . just every possible
week end . . . always a beauty . . . the field narrowed down . . . and the OAO
from Baltimore became tlic one. For Navy life or for civilian life, Doug is the
man.

RIDLEY PARK
PENNSYLVANIA

EMIL MERVIN EYLER

A mistake from the very beginning he claims . . . five girls, then the answer to
his mother's prayers ... a boy. Curious about everything . . . school days
busy . . . fingers in lots of pies . . . dramatics . . . publications . . . musicals
. . . sports. High school . . . graduation. Early in 1941 he left York to enter
the Navy . . . three years of duty in the Atlantic and Pacific . . . the South
Pacific . . . the islands . . . the Blue Pacific . . . the Japs. He arrived at the
Naval Academy as a quartermaster first . . . just off the boat and ships: trans-
ports . . . P.T. 's . . . Aaron Ward . . . LCI's . . . LSM's. Always good for some
unused, luitold sea stories ... a winning mannered sea dog ... a chest full of
ribbons . . . energy and zest all the way to the bottom. Varsity swimming
. . . track . . . soccer . . . any sport. He used happy hours to play the violin
... an event we appreciated . . . instigator of second batt barn dances . . .
sawing away at Turkey in the Straw . . . puffing away on a smelly old pipe. He
used any opportunity to display his sense of humor . . . this aided during the
rougher periods of the grind. From glider flights at home . . . from Navy hops
in Miami . . . from aviation summer ... to the seat, instrument panel, and
controls of a Navy plane is the course he desires.

YORK
PENNSYLVANIA

232

RICHARD MERRILL FLUSS

A platinum haired lad with cheek of red ... a Dutchman from the Old Dutch
country . . . from Harrisburg to Lebanon College ... to Navy . . . that's the
background of our subject for discussion. He's not a dragging man . . . he's
saving all his naive charm . . . but for whom ... no one has been able to find
out. On land . . . you'll find him hunting, fishing . . . or just enjoying the big
outdoors. On the sea . . . he's with his second love, machinery. In the air . . .
well, maybe, but not a radical. If he is ever among the missing at a morning
quarters . . . send a messenger down into the deepest . . . greasiest . . . most
shaft infested engine room . . . and you'll be sure to find him. His idea is that
no machine is doing it's best . . . he'll always find a way to get just one more
rev out of the exhausted metal. Active . . . hard headed . . . keen, a member
of the reception committee . . . enthusiastic about his work . . . 'tis said that
half the class of '51 was lured to Navy by this super-Navy Information bureau.
The answers to any question relating to the profession ... the institution . . .
the class . . . ask Dick. A super-enthusiast about anything Navy ... a com-
plete walking gouge . . . short . . . compact ... to the point . . . and the point
is, the Navy is a good place to be.

HARRISBURG
PENNSYLVANIA

JOHN PAUL GAFFIGAN

One bright sunny morning in early June of '44 John packed his bag and closed
the door behind him to the gay carefree life of the famous New Jersey shore.
New Jersey and Philadelphia are the two garden spots of the world that claim
John as one of their most likely to succeed. J. Pierpont's studies have been con-
fined to the Joes ... St. Joseph Prep, and St. Joseph's College in Philadelphia
... he has maintained that country club attitude . . . even amphib cruise and
infantry failed to daunt his ambitions of appearing in Esquire as the man of
distinction. A firm believer in the theory that life is all too short and one
should obtain all the education that is possible and then retire at an early
age. If ever capital and labor came to an open break John would ably assist
the forces of Ford, Morgan and Lamont. A proficient handler of both the
tennis racquet and golf clubs John has always stressed the fact that more busi-
ness deals are signed at the golf club than in any office. Gifted with the
golden touch in academics John always spent his study time reading Time . . .
Esquire and Fortune ... he wasted no time . . . when youngster year was at
its height John was even taking a correspondence course in business law on the
side.

PHILADELPHIA
PENNSYLVANIA

JACK LYNN GRACEY

Coming to the Academy straight from the campus of Penn State Jack has yet
to be convinced that peg trousers just aren't the thing at Navy Tech . . .
strictly a party boy J. L. always had a drag and could be foimd at any hop in a
circle giving out with the latest dance routines ... a rare combination of
student . . . athlete . . . and dancer ... an affinity for both beautiful women
and bridge ... his versatility in athletics was proved by his ability to play
all sports a little better than the next fellow. The Academic Departments
never caused him much trouble . . . correspondence from his many friends kept
him busier. Jack will always be remembered for his ability to lead by example
rather than by virtue of authority ... a lover of the wild blue yonder, sure
to make a name for himself, in Naval aviation. His greatest worry while
attending the trade school was his hair which seemed to take its roots farther
back on his head each year. The carry over of his experience as a time study
engineer from pre-Navy days has made every minute of his stay profitable ... to
himself ... or to his friends. A Friday night happy hour was a waste of time
without a Gracey story . . . vivid with description . . . and Jack.

LEWISTOWN
PENNSYLVANIA

233

RICHARD IVAN HENDERSON

Dynamite . . . tornadoes . . . barrels of hungry wildcats . . . this bundle of
humanity puts the world's prize exhibits of eruption and tumult to shame . . .
unconventional . . . fighter of lost causes . . . champion of the underdog. . . un-
predictable . . . ready for anything . . . into everything . . . we love him 'cuzhe's
made our four years here anything but humdrum. Dick is the boy we'll never
forget . . . compact . . . chunky ... a beautiful set of muscles on a square
sturdy frame ... a laugh that rocks half the state . . . Dick is a character ... a
character who will know life's highest peaks and deepest valleys. Dick had
his eyes set on West Point but his leap exceeded his objective and he landed
in the Naval Academy via bell bottoms and a swab. He has known every
heartbreak and ecstasy the Academy is capable of . . . and he always bounces
right back with a smile and the will to get into something else. A bouncing
quick step . . . brisk speech ... a diehard nature and enough fight for ten men
. . . Dick has his own set of rules . . . these he lives by and with these he'll
stand up to any situation. He knows what is right and he has the determination
and will to stick by his convictions even if the conventional take a different
road.

ALTOONA
PENNSYLVANIA

•

HARRY LLOYD JONES

You happen to be studying . . . suddenly a voice is heard . . . Hey, mate, is
the mail up yrt? . . . The chances are that it will be Jonesy ... H. L. ... or
whatever you prefer . . . looking for the Evening Courier of Tamaqua, Pa. . . .
thriving metropolis in the heart of the coal mining district of that famous state
... a city which boasts of a "hubba-hubba" basketball team of which our
hero v^^as the star. A glance at the top of his locker will tell a rather complete
story of his extracurricular activities ... a basketball, football, handball, ping-
pong paddle, bowling ball, and that ever-present, huge box of chow. It mustn't
be forgotten that our suave-sophisticated-debonair man-about-town is never
found without his Ray-Bans whenever the weather permits or whenever it
doesn't. A versatile person . . . practically a walking encyclopedia on sports
statistics and music, music, music, and more music is one of his constant
diets . . . was All-State trombone player for two years . . . replaced by that
popular orchestra leader known to his sharpies as T. D. . . . Tommy Dorsey
could hit two notes higher than our hero. Jonesy can boast of the ability to
get along with almost any type of person ... a fact self evident in his necessary
associations with Academy characters.

TAMAQUA
PENNSYLVANIA

HERBERT SCHUYLER KLINE

The Herbo comes from northern Pennsylvania, Erie — that is . . . that me-
tropolis whence all great things originate . . . where everybody drives a
Chrysler, owns a yacht, joins the Calabrese Club, drinks the best brew,
is a connoisseur of the latter, follows the Budna Case, picnics at Presque Isle,
himts grouse and deer every season all season, and swears that Lake Erie is the
largest, of the lakes and rivals the Pacific ... at least in everything that amounts
to anything. If you don't believe it . . . you're obviously from California and
are blindly prejudiced anyway. Years ago Herbo decided that white service
uniforms were the nuts and that some day he should enhance their slick appear-
ance with Herb. In high school he played end and chalked a mean cue at the
local parlors . . . prepped at Puhl's Preparatory School where he learned how
to throw chalk and clean up at Blackjack. At the Academy he wasn't consid-
ered a Red Mike ... it was just too much trouble to drag, unless it was the
right girl ... a Saturday afternoon with his nose buried, but not concealed,
in antidated Fieli ani Streams would suffice any time. Considers himself
an authority on baseball, hunting and fire arms, cars . . . if not an authority . . .
at least close to one.

ERIE
PENNSYLVANIA

234

EDWARD LEON KORB

Reddish hair . . . the worst voice one could ever be disturbed by . . . the
calmness of a dead stoic embalmer ... an intelligence that never demands a
sustained application . . . the imagination and dimples of a small boy. A most
startling walk ... a memory filled with a cross section of American Youth
from the pedagogic walls of MIT to the bleak plains of Texas ... in and out
of the Navy ... a pleasant home town (be it ever). The mildness necessary
to cope, live, and break bread with a psychoneurotic. Probably born lazy . . .
vises his cigarettes stiffly between first and second fingers . . . reads with
phenomenal speed . . . avidly, almost religiously, covers all available monthly,
weekly, and quarterly magazines . . . burns through a heavy novel in a matter
of hours . . . whether he likes that which he reads one finds difficulty in dis'
cerning. A naturalness ... an honestness ... a friendliness. Unconsciously he
plans things to terminate in a high degree of efficiency . . . dresses in steps . . .
accompanied by smoking while affixing a tie, reading the paper while putting
on the shoes ... the paper lasts through the act of buckling the belt on his
trousers. A smile which nearly indicates surprise accompanying a lift of the
brow. At intervals he may appear to be confused, Hsut he always knows.

WARREN
PENNSYLVANIA

ARTHUR LANDIS, JR.

Formal education has always been a trial for him . . . yet Arthur Landis is
destined to be one of '48-B's most able members. A featherweight Navy Junior
. . . Art is so familiar with the Academic Board that he is reputed to have gone
before the long green table and said . . . Nfi cream m my coffee, plciuc AJ-
mirdl. His academic shortcomings are more than compensated for by his
debonair poise and knowledge of the world . . . those who know him swear
that he is a walking gazetteer of every eastern state . . . and can name the places
in each where the best bourbon is available. A firm believer in exercise . . .
only when the spirit moves him . . . Art amazes the muscle men by keeping his
lithe physique in good trim with no apparent effort. Long will he be remem-
bered sitting at his desk . . . smoking a cigarette . . . and expounding his theories
on the system and life in general. In spite of this worldly sounding build up
Art IS very much one of the boys . . . just like everyone else he is vulnerable
to women and other unhealthy influences . . . Pennsylvania being right in the
middle of things, has been a good jumping off^ place for Art . . . but the Quaker
State still holds his heart.

MOUNT VERNON
PENNSYLVANIA

HAROLD BERTON LIPSCHUTZ

Lippy had a system at Navy ... an intricate system of gouges . . . contacts
... or mathematical formulas ... no one could translate it but Lippy ... at
any rate it all boiled down to an uncanny ability to root out the inside info . . .
on anything from the latest USNAR corrections to the coordinated plans for
OPCAMID 1950 ... all this dope Lippy had at the ends of his fingers and
more. Of course anyone who was concerned with as many extracurricular
activities as was the Lip was bound to pick up a little information here and
there ... the Reception Committee . . . Boat Club . . . Masqueraders . . . Glee
Club . . . and the Lucky Bag were a few. On the latter he was probably most
invaluable ... as circulation manager he was responsible for the sale of a few
B-Bags . . . namely all of them. Harold ... or Burtrum as he prefers . . . blew
in from the City of Brotherly Love with a friendly smile and happy air about
him . . . even a sense of humor ... to assert himself as '48-B's Chief dopster
. . . not academically speaking . . . just generally. Academically he seldom took
a strain . . . sliding through hitting a happy medium between not standing
ridiculously low and enjoying himself. He has strong convictions . .. but when
proved wrong he generally admits it . . . always gets a hearing from the
powers that be and has a sure ability to get things done. The balance of his
time at the Academy was spent sailing with the Dinghies . . . standing library
watches . . . eating pretzels . . . and dragging the OAO.

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PHILADELPHIA
PENNSYLVANIA

RUSSELL ROLAND McKECHNIE

Russ . . . who came to Navy from submarines . . . brought with him some of the
qualities of the silent service . . . steady, quiet and always on the ball ... he
never wastes time going from one mob to another ... no matter how fast you
move Russ is always ahead and has started something else. Other than an un-
quenchable desire for cold milk at odd hours . . . and a made passion for pre-
serving all events for the future by numerous photos . . . Mac's chief interest is
sailing . . . qualifying for his yawl command during youngster year, Russ has
not passed many week ends without competing in some sort of sailing compe-
tition . . . weather is not weather with Russel . . . it's either a good day for
sailing or a poor one. But for a few scuffles with the Academic Departments . . .
especially plebe Dago . . . Russ, with his w^avy brown hair and ready smile,
gets along with everyone . . . with his steady energy he has even overcome his
academic difficulties. With memories of academic scraps still in his dreams
Mac always lends a ready hand to help anyone he can in their struggle vi^ith
academics. It's easy to see that after graduation the subs will gain when Russ
returns to the fold.

READING
PENNSYLVANIA

RICHARD COX MORROW

Maybe you did not always see him . . . his commanding personality told you
he was there . . . pugnacious . . . never letting small size give basis for a tramp-
ling by the big boys . . . even a sandblower can take long strides. Think of a
Boston Bull in a pack of hounds . . . that was Red. Dynamic temper came and
went so quickly it did not rate consideration — quick cooling took care of his
temper outbursts . . . never one to hide his feelings ... his temperament
matched his red hair. Very serious . . . conscientious in his efforts . . . always
in the direction he thought right . . . shy . . . blushing around girls . . . neck
and ears lighting up like traffic signals when embarrassed . . . polite . . . well
mannered . . . keeping things like respect and courtesy on top when in a
crowd . . . reminding you of the nice kid living in your block back home who
would rather be out playing ball. His odd eccentricities were never really
bothersome . . . but kidding had to be done subtly and skillfully to keep his
good sense of humor uppermost. We will never forgive him his easy existence
on youngster cruise . . . even if his wrist was in a cast. Devoted to seriousness
. . . regular in habits . . . the little guy with big ideas.

HARRISBURG
PENNSYLVANIA

EUGENE CARL MOSS

En garde, a slipstick, flashes in the sunlit classroom: Wkat is the physical sig-
nijvcance of that, Sir? A figure pops up like an oiled spring imleashed: But ion't
you, tKinlc . . . anyway Gene is determined to stand high. Switching from
plaids to brown ... to blue is a trick which will be repeated come '48 omit-
ting the brown phase. A family man at heart the little cottage on the hill will
be his station. His command a family car . . . his crew: a group possessing
black hair omithopteric auricular appendages . . . and a Pan-handle stance. A
conscientious diligent worker E. C. wends his way through Navy. Comforts,
chaperones and champions his charges on the Rifle Team. His know-how, his
C.P.A. respect for "mazuma" have washed away the fears of bankruptcy and
financial chaos from the minds of the '48-B Lucky Bag Staff. In short a Mosaic
of Moss would be a kaleidscope of: pages quickly flying . . . scorchingly
driven slide rules ... a Midas touch . . . burning midnight oil . . . an upward
glance . . . looking for an opportimity . . . daily blue letters and monthly copies
of Better Homes ani Gardens . . . ideas coming like streaks of lightning . . . how
to save the day ... the Bag . . . and the next opportunity.

PHILADELPHIA
PENNSYLVANIA

236

RICHARD EARL NICHOLSON

A couple of quick doses of land and air . . . Nick settled for the sea . . . the land
duty was rough ... in the form of raccoon coats . . . convertibles . . . and
Penn State banners . . . the air duty was good background ... a year's service
with the Army Air Corps Cadets ... the Array finally lost out to four long
years at Navy. Military life never diramed his previous civilian aspirations
. . . wearer of sharp clothes . . . lover of good music . . . gay parties ... a
happy-go-lucky soul . . . always singing . . . cheerful . . . constantly flashing
around a prize winning smile backed with a happy chortle . . . would make a
terrific salesman ... a good line ... a pleasing personality ... a gift for making
himself liked . . . neither sex excepted. Never boasted of an O.A.O. at the
Academy . . . always contended it was best to play the field . . . the whole
field . . . there's safety in numbers . . . variety is the spice of life. A good all-
around athlete . . . carrying with him fond memories of having been a high
school flash ... the gay little guy with the big letterman's sweater . . . the
high school idol . . . small stature prevented him from being a star at the
Academy . . . had to be satisfied with just being good. Should get along in
the Fleet ... a good man to chase away the blues . . . and if you have no blues
to chase, he's just a good man to have around.

KENNEDY NILAND

A rugged face . . . intense expression . . . unruly shock of black hair . . a silent
man with an aptitude for going places. Born a Bostonian . . . Welsh and Irish
stock . . . grew up in the anthracite coal region of Pennsylvania . . . went to
school . . . inherited his industrious nature from the atmosphere of . . . hard
coal . . . heavy industry. Proved his worth early . . . worked with his only
brother for Dunn and Bradstreet . . . started at the bottom . . . slitting incoming
envelopes . . . sealing outgoing ones. His industry paid off . . . when he won a
competitive scholarship to Scranton U. . . . wasn't satisfied to do one job . . .
so he kept them both . . . Dunn and Bradstreet by day . . . Scranton U. by night.
D. & B. saw his value . . . liked his quiet industrious manner . . . made him a
credit investigator . . . spent his time . . . soliciting financial statements . . .
checking court records . . . interviewing . . . analyzing . . . reporting ... for
D. & B. . . . studying ... for Scranton U. Pearl Harbor ... a boot seaman
... a radar technician . . . the Navy saw his value . . . liked his quiet indus-
trious manner . . . sent him to Bancroft. Lives alone . . . likes it . . . likes civil
engineering . . . studies eye charts . . . he'll go places . . . with a short
stride ... a rapid gate.

MARK JOHN O'FREIL

As Irish as they come ... an Irish face and proud of it. Doesn't drink . . . smoke
... or hang around with the wrong people. His philosophies and principles
show mature thought ... is considerate . . . good natured . . . and a friend to
most people. Practical and sensible ... he nevertheless carries a second nature
of a blarney artist. Behind the nonsensical chatter and repartee . . . there
is an attitude of friendliness. Brains ... he has them . . . takes no strain
. . . makes few mistakes . . . and keeps facts in mind easily for a long time.
Athletics, not too much . . . but still brags about his monthly workouts. Extra-
curricular activities . . . none . . . except chow and a smattering of reading.
Women . . . was very much a Red . . . never intended to fall . . . but he did.
Dragged spasmodically until he met her . . . very much surprised at the turn of
events and change in his plans . . . yet not disappointed and very much resigned
to his happiness. From Pittsburgh ... his black hair is probably due to the
smoky city's atmosphere. From Central Catholic in Pittsburgh ... to Ford-
ham U. on a scholarship . . . which he wants no one to find out . . . Irish
modesty . . . you know. Studied pre-med ... is neat . . . and would make a
good Doc. . . . but the Navy thought he would make a better officer.

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CHARLEROI
PENNSYLVANIA

SCRANTON
PENNSYLVANIA

PinSBURGH
PENNSYLVANIA

EDWARD JOSEPH ORTLIEB

Straight from the City of Brotherly Love ... the mighty Wart . . . full of
ideas about this man's Navy. Together with a red head from Fairchance upset
the 19th company for the entire plebe year . . . yoimgster year was filled with
surprise packages from Sweet Briar and nurses who wanted to learn more
about America . . . they say he has finally gotten his feet on the ground. By
dodging extra duty on the week ends, Ed managed to drag frequently. When-
ever or wherever there was a topic around to be discussed, whether it was
football- or classic literature, Ort could always be found in the middle of the
circle. He could also be heard with his melodious bass chiming forth in fine
three part harmony. Even with full sessions and a heavy correspondence, Ort
always had plenty of time to give to classmates with academic troubles. Not
a varsity athlete . . . but the life of every sport in which he participated . . .
dividing most of his time between the basketball court and the football field.
Combining all the pleasures with the many pitfalls Ed was one of the few who
were never disturbed . . . remained on an even keel . . . helping support all
the rest. A dynamo with a wit like a razor.

PHILADELPHIA
PENNSYLVANIA

ROBERT DALE REEM

Our friend Bullet arrived in Annapolis form NAPS . . . clad in the fetching
ensemble of the Marine Corps ... a uniform he is anxious to redon. For him,
the sound of a bell was the signal to hit the sack ... a delightful place where he
would remain until the next bell started him to class. This system proved
confusing during fire drills . . . Bullet got to most of the classes in good shape.
After two years of treatment by sweating Dago profs, he still spoke French
like a Mohican, out a week of his second summer leave spent in Bancroft Hall
improved his linguistic abilities to the point where he spoke French like a six-
month-old native. The Glee Club and Choir will both miss his warbling
. . . Bullet's bass was famous in the first wing. A full treatment of his dragging
activities is beyond the scope of the present text. Sailing and football kept
him off the radiator squad, and a good part of second class year was spent
recovering from the various injuries he received while a member of Colonel
English's eleven. Even as an upperclassman he had one of the reg-gest lockers
in Bancroft Hall.

ELIZABETHTOWN
PENNSYLVANIA

PHILADELPHIA
PENNSYLVANIA

JOSEPH PHILIP ROGERS, JR.

Born one of Virginia's favorite sons he found that spending a year in Rebel
territory was too much for him, so he was transplanted north of the Mason-
Dixon Line to Philadelphia. There he first visited the zoo where he was
fascinated by the crazy antics of the monkeys and has been trying to duplicate
most of their stimts ever since. Now one of Navy's stalwart gymnastists he
spends the majority of his afternoons attempting stunts on the gym apparatus
that would make an onlooker believe Darwin. Through his efforts the Navy
cheering section has gained the name of the twelfth man on the field. Dearest
to this mighty Middie's heart is his sack; when the problem arises involving a
decision to study or to sleep, there is no doubt as to the outcome. The State of
Virginia has endowed this young man with a sense of aristocracy for he feels
that the reveille bells were made for the peasants. Some may boast of their
stick time, but he has an unchallenged right to boast of his sack time. A hobby?
. . . Why yes ... in fact he has two and each carries him far from the realm of
reality. With the radio blaring and two sticks in his hands he becomes Gene
Krupa. On the more relaxing side he is none other than Ben Hogan digging his
gold ball out of sand traps or fishing it out of a stream. Our joy boy's future
will not be dull.

238

ANDREW THOMAS ROULSTON

Hailing from the City of Brotherly Love, it is only natural that all of the
women love him like a brother ... he retired from high school . . . after being
offered the janitor's job ... to join the Navy . . . where he spent over a year
conscientiously mowing a plot of grass at a training station. Tender relations
between Andy and his lawn mower were severed the day he was ushered into
the Naval Academy. Andy adheres to the small ship Navy . . . mainly because
It does not adhere to the ultra-strict regimentation often encountered as a neces-
sary part of the large ship Navy. He feels that somehow serving with small
ships his wanderlust will eventually subside . . . and some day he can go back
to mowing ... his own front lawn. Prefers submarines . . . has a strong love
for the sea . . . with qualifications . . . chief qualification being liberty every
night. Andy should have gone into law ... he proved his talent in his natural
ability to skirt around the technicalities of the most technical and compre-
hensive of all publications . . . the Naval Academy reg book. He is extremely
easygoing and equally serious in his work . . . has a natural conscientious
quality that leads him to get to the bottom of everything. He was one of the
savvy boys . . . always holding down a secure place for himself in the upper
quarter of the class.

PHILADELPHIA
PENNSYLVANIA

ALBERT FRANCIS SHIMMEL

It is said anything can be found in the hills of Pennsylvania . . . Al Shimmel is
a living truth of that fact. Before considering any offers Al worked in his Dad's
grocery store ... a job he disliked with a passion . . . when he became old
enough to think for himself he chose electricity as his vocation . . . apprenticed
himself to an electrical contractor . . . served as an electrician's mate . . . was
finally placed aboard an APA where he spent three months trying to find his
battle station. His eagerness ... to advance himself . . . plus sheer ability
. . . brought him his opportunity to enter the Naval Academy ... he was sent to
Bainbridge for preparation. A confusing combination of ability and fatalism
will always be a potential store of surprises for Al . . . fatalistically believing
he would never make the grade ... his ability proved him wrong and always
will. Al is a handsome lad and prides himself in his personal appearance ... if
you want to get him mad . . . just muss up his hair . . . that's all it takes. Al's
spare time weekday interests are usually taken up by basketball . . . volley-
ball and bowling . . . but his chief interest may be found any week end in the
form of his OAO. One of the happiest persons you could have the good fortime
to meet, his earnest desire to have you like him . . . genuine sincerity . . . and
complacent nature are a combination beneficial to both Al and to those who
know him.

MADERA
PENNSYLVANIA

EDGAR NEWBOLD SMITH

When you're not all there you're an utter Newbold. One does not make 298
demos out of a possible 300 plebe year without lacking to a marked degree
the comprehension of the complexities of the system . . . Nautical Newbold's
Naval career . . . save duty aboard an SC in Delaware Bay . . . was launched
with an accent on the nautical . . . from plebe summer LCI's to the magnifi-
cence of the Randy Boober's 210 lbs. of all man could be seen any time on any
ready box sound asleep . . . back at the Academy Monsieur Smeeth would
arouse himself to become one of the greater athletics to wear the Navy Blue
. . . perennially an N man in football . . . wrestling and track . . . existed for
laffs . . . from the dead fish behind Billy Barnes' locker to the Machiavellean
Der Tag . . . remember Hollywood . . . series. As an erstwhile member of the
Corinthian Yacht Club, Nautical failed to impress one of the local crabs ... he
put the jib on upside down. Boudini eased up from time to time to twist the
Academic Departments by the tail . . . they couldn't put the finger on this man
although the going was a little rough in spots ... a rare specie.

ARDMORE
PENNSYLVANIA

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ROBERT NORMAN SMITH

A picturesque, handsome fellow with a smile ... a combination of Penrod
Schofield and one of the more likeable Quiz Kids . . . began developing his
wiry physique at an early age while prepping at Wyoming Seminary for Navy
Tech ... his all-round prowess won him the traditional three letters plus the
presidency of his class and the capitancy of the Wyoming gndders . . . claims
his biggest thrill was making the Navy squad. A generous allotment from
Mother Nature . . . and personality to burn . . . makes him anything but a
Red Mike. His most pronounced eccentricities are ... a Sam Goldwynian
delight in mis